12-Hour On Technology

One reason why technology is bad is because many people are addicted to technological devices.In the article,”Watch Out:Cell Phones Can Be Addictive”Kathiann Kowalski states that “The average college student uses

Technology in today's world affect everyone about the same since we can not live without. The amount of different activities and possibilities to do on the internet using different devices is immense . Whatever you want if it is food,games, or researching something anyone can receive in a matter of seconds. Tammy Kennon who is the author of , “ 5 New Brain Disorders that Were Born Out of the Digital Age” states the negatives about the technology devices that run the world. She tells us about how our patience, attention spans, and memory are all affected due to that fact that we are obsessed with electronics. In today’s world everyone relies on web searches like google to answer a question or do something for them. When a research was conducted by researchers they found out that”[O]ne -Third of them did not even try, reaching for google immediately” this shows how much people rely

In the article, Attached to Technology and Paying a Price by Matt Ritchel, Kord Campbell’s family is an example of a family who is addicted to their devices. In the afternoon, the squad all completes in a video game showdown. They all sit around the TV, playing a video game on their Wii. Their youngest daughter has an ipod touch, and all she does is use it. She also has a laptop. Researchers worry that “digital stimulation like this creates attention problems for children with brains that are still developing.” When we start to use the device over and over, it becomes a routine. Not only is it a routine, it could be considered to be a habit to keep checking things over and over again. For example, somebody who relies on their emails for their job checks their email constantly. This could be up to 50-100 times a day, something clearly too much and to distracting from the outside

That is eight and a half hours that we lose face to face communication, such as, playing a sport or hanging out with friends. Another reason technology is harmful, is that is allows us to jump from one subject to another without truly concentrating on anything. For example, in “Breaking Down Borders” Carr says, “A new e-mail message, for instance, may announce its arrival as we’re glancing over the latest headlines at a newspaper’s site. The result is to scatter our attention and diffuse

Overall, I see technology as an incredibly useful tool that should be utilized efficiently, without having a negative, overwhelming effect on the natural way of life. Being utterly honest, I do believe that my use of personal devices is potentially negative and overwhelming to my life, yet I still spend an astonishing amount of time using my technology on a daily basis. From when I wake up to when I go to sleep, I am repeatedly checking my iPhone in between everything I do, and I end up spending the majority of my day on my desktop computer. Some days, I will watch TV or use my laptop for school, but most of my technology addiction is towards my phone and computer. My relationship with my technology has always been extremely strong, as I spend more time focused on my tech than I do on my outside life, which is the main reason I think that I have a technology addiction. This is not surprising to me

I use technology in my everyday life for school, social networking, shopping, and to gain information. Even though I am not a very tech savvy person the benefits of technology, and how it effects my life, is outstanding, but people should limit how much time they spend using technology

What is technology to you? For some people, it's a lifeline they can't go without it. If you were a gamer, how would you feel about not being able to play for a whole week? What about music junkies? Not being able to match a song to each of your feelings for a whole 168 hours. Possibilities are endless but participating in “Shut Down Your Screen Week” is not one of them. For instance, being plugged into social media allows you to look over and receive news, and look at the diversity of the world. Also, the internet contains so many astonishing materials. Although, screens provide us with many convenient things it is also addicting.

“In less than the span of a single childhood, Americans have merged with their machines, staring at a screen for at least eight hours a day, more time than we spend on any other activity including sleeping. Teens fit some seven hours of screen time into the average school day; 11, if you count time spent multitasking on several devices. When President Obama last ran for office, the iPhone had yet to be launched. Now smartphones outnumber the old models in America, and more than a third of users get online before getting out of bed.”

However, for those who say that, they fail to realize that technology is here to help us. It’s not here to make us, or our lives miserable. If technology is being used as a distraction, my advice is to refrain from using it. A busy person who gets distracted by a Skype call, a Facebook notification, or email while working, doing homework, eating, or sleeping should not complain, because after all, what we wish to receive, or not, can be controlled. We should consider logging off, turning off, or putting it on silence at appropriate times. For example, it is understandable that it might be hard for someone like the CEO of a company to leave the technological tools alone due to its emergency and efficiency. However, it is not the technology’s fault, rather it is our own fault. Why blame the Internet or any other technologies for our laziness or rewiring of our brain. The technology is helping us to receive instant information whether it’s through a call, email or search. In today’s generation, people are becoming more flexible to new, innovative technologies and that serves as a step forward to a better

As I clearly stated, too much technology is bad in many ways. In summary, I believe too much time on technology is terrible for you and your health. On the other hand you, even maybe your children should be monitored on how much time you spend on technology. It is okay to spend time on technology but not a lot, because you could have a high chance of being overweight, poor grades in school or college, and you could get anger issues. Instead of spending too much time on technology, be

In today’s modern world, technology reigns. Millions of people all over the globe utilize technology for a multitude of purposes every day, whether it be at work, school, or even from the leisure of their home. If you were to ask most people in America if they could live without technology even for a day, the answer would most likely be no. Contrary to opinions that are popular with my fellow millennials, I think that society is too dependent on technology. I believe society relies on technology too much because we use the internet for simple tasks that we should be capable of doing ourselves, our dependence has resulted in laziness, and technology is rapidly replacing people in the workplace, thus resulting in less jobs.

Last but not least, technology makes us lazy. Children do not want to read books anymore when they can just run to a computer and get the summary of the book. People are becoming obese because they are not getting out of their homes anymore to exercise because they are glued to Farmville on Facebook. We rather do something easy than actually take the time to do it the long way around. Technology has made the people of the world couch potatoes. We can do everything at a push of a button, and we don’t have to put forth much effort to do the things that we once use to do manually.

As far back as I can remember my family and I have taken advantage of technology. The types of technology have changed over the years, along with our usage and dependence on it. Technology is a fundamental part of our lifestyle, including both work and play. What is interesting is that we also have many friends who use very little technology in their day-to-day living. This drastic difference makes one wonder how necessary the technology really is, and whether or not our dependence on it is healthy in the long run. It is really easy to just get caught up in using technology without thinking about the pros and cons.

Jones (2016) emphasizes that technology is ingrained in all the daily activities of our life, essentially from the moment one rises in the morning until we tuck into bed every night. Everyone is engaged with technology at some level, from the smallest toddler to our senior learners. “Humanity’s evolution is intricately tied to technology changes that outpace any biological changes we experience. As a society, we eagerly embrace newer and more powerful smartphones, helpful glasses, self-driving cars, and technology-enhanced prosthetics,” (Jones, 2016). “Leisure is largely discretionary time, to be used as one chooses,” (Clawson 2013). Spending a day without technology was an interesting experience. I for one did not think that forgoing twelve hours without technology would be this difficult. In this day and age we live and grow up with technology. From televisions, computers, GPS, MP3s, to cellphones our lives seem to have become dependent on technology. With the peak of technology emerging during our years of growing up, we as a generation have had a constant reminder and advertisement of the available technology. The endless propaganda of household and daily life necessity which revolves around technology has brought to the forefront that the use of technology is a must in this day and age. Societal views of leisure have changed through the advancement of technology.

Remember the days of the Old West? The women walked around with their parasols or rode in a horse drawn carriage and the men rode fast and furious on their horses. Everything you needed was right there in town: the saloon, the general store, and the barber. When one needed to get somewhere, they would walk. If they needed to travel far, there were steam-powered locomotives. As towns and cities grew larger, it was not so convenient to walk everywhere. There was a need for a machine that could get us around to where we had to go. Technology was becoming a bigger part of the times and the machine we now know today as the automobile was invented.