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AUSTRALIANS ARE CONFLICTED WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN GENERAL
Australians may be ravenous consumers of technology but the research findings reveal that they are conflicted when it comes to how they feel about technology and the role it plays in their lives and the world in general . Will technology be society ’ s saviour or its undoing ? Will it become something to be feared in the future or will it solve the currently unsolvable ?
They ’ re not quite sure . On the one hand , just under half ( 48 %) feel optimistic about the future of technology and the same proportion ( 48 %) are looking to technology to help solve some of the world ’ s biggest problems in the future . However , at the same time , very similar proportions are fearful of the impact of technology : 46 % are afraid of technology taking over in the future and just over half ( 54 %) believe that we already rely too much on technology .
agree disagree agree disagree
20 % 26 % 16 % 37 % neither agree nor disagree neither agree nor disagree
54 % 48 %
“ We already rely too much on technology ”
“ I feel optimistic about the future of technology ” agree disagree agree
25 % 29 % neither agree nor disagree
46 % 48 % disagree
17 % 35 % neither agree nor disagree
“ I ’ m afraid of technology taking over in the future ”
“ I believe in the future technology will help solve some of the world ’ s biggest problems ”
Base : All ( n = 1038 ), net agree , net disagree . Totals may not add up due to rounding .
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