Are We Becoming Technological Zombies?

Technology is always improving. But with improvement brings problems we have to face. This Problem affects our entire society today. Technology is taking over our lives by lessoning human Interaction, Ruining our health, and blocking out our surroundings.

Technology, is it a killer of our society, or does it give society life? In the movie WALL-E, the writers explore a futuristic universe where earth is no longer inhabited by humans because of over consumption.To survive, the remaining humans live in a utopian spaceship where everything is done for them by robots. In the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains,” a technologically advanced house fulfills the everyday needs and tasks of a futuristic family even after they are gone. Through their literary works, both Bradbury and Disney-Pixar demonstrate that technology can have both positive and negative effects on society.

Christian states, “the small size of foraging communities and the limited possibilities for exchanging ideas over large areas may explain why [technological change was slow]” (Christian 22). Furthermore, the foragers were spread out over large areas, so communication between groups was minimal. Additionally, limited communication can cause diverging languages. Thus, communication was even harder because groups didn’t understand each other. As agriculture improved in the beginning of the agrarian era, humans had more stable food supplies and could focus on advancing other aspects of their lives. This resulted in the domestication of animals, which could be used to transport goods to nearby groups. Eventually, humans developed routes for trade between large regions, creating permanent links between groups. These links created constant communication, resulting in the better understanding of different groups’ languages. Even though communication was faster than it was during the era of the foragers, it could still be improved. In the modern and postmodern era, communication is the fastest it has ever been due to the invention of the steam engine, the Internet, and telephones. The steam engine was a major transportation innovation that sped up the delivery of goods, people, and information over large distances. The steam engine allowed people to communicate face-to-face with each other over large distances, faster. The Internet and telephone created almost instant connections around the entire world. In sum, the ability to communicate has changed greatly over

Technology in our society and all over the world has advanced tremendously through the years. If a person wanted to talk to someone other than face-to-face they would have to write a letter and mail it to that person. That was the only way people could really communicate with one another. They did not have a telephone, a computer or anything like we do now. In the 1990’s you did not see people walking down the street texting on their cell phones or getting on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. The only way people could get information was through the newspapers or by socializing with other people. There have been many changes since then. The effects of technology influence the way people think and act in our society.

Some might even go as far to say that technology may be the death of mankind. There is also the chance that once the human race is wiped out, technology will continue to live on without us. Then it all comes down to the final question, do we really need to keep improving technology? Let's take a closer look. Technology makes humans lazier and antisocial.

Yet and still, technology has given us many advances over the years. From the typewriter to the printing press, technological advances have made life easier and convenient. We might not see the benefit in the present moment, but eventually it’ll all become clear. For example, objectors of Gutenberg’s 15th century printing press argued that the easily accessibility

“Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master,” a quote said by Christian Lous Lange. I find it astounding how attached we are to our technological devices.Technology has attached itself to us and infiltrated our lives. Moreover, we walk around as if technology is cane for us to lean on. If we aren't careful, we could become too dependent on that cane to the point where it becomes a wheelchair. Also, in “The Veldt,” by Ray Bradbury, the children in the story become so dependent on technology to do everything for them, that they can't even perform basic everyday tasks without the help of technology. I don't want to believe that this is where society is heading, spiraling downhill into a world that is completely ruled by technology. It is so =apparent

Technology seems to be the topic for debate these days. Is it making a positive or negative impact on humans? Another question, are computers smarter than us humans is the real question? In the reading, Is Google making us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr this author seems to states that the internet/technology affects many different areas in our lives and not positively, such as: cognition, reading skills, etc. with many reasonable explanations to support his theory. Yes, technology has made our lives easier and convenient, but are we becoming spoiled with computers? If that is even possible.

Given these points, Technology has many long-term affects that can lead to many problems like over-relying on the internet, not developing our mind the way it was suppose to be, and etc. Like Socrates one said, “ We are exposing our brains to an environment and asking them to do things we weren’t necessarily evolved to do, he said, We know already there are

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity,” Albert Einstein. In this quote Einstein brings up the alarming rate at which we use technology more and our brain less as each generation passes. In the short story, The Veldt, Ray Bradbury suggests that our technology has taken over our lives, and not for the better.

Today’s society has advanced so this past decade. So much to the point we use it at a daily basis. Technology does have it’s perks, but are we getting too dependent on it?

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.

If you were to ask somebody what a computer was sixty years ago they would look at you look at you puzzled. Now days it is hard to find a household or office in America that does not contain at least one personal computer. With all of this information at our finger tips, we have to ask ourselves if we are becoming too dependent on technology. Imagine if we were to wake up tomorrow with all electronic devices disabled. Everybody’s life would be impacted in one way or another. We would lose what has become the largest portal for communication. We would also lose countless information that has

Is technology changing our lives for the better? That question is debatable depeding on how you look at it. Technology has definitely changed the way we think, how we remember things and how we react to things and certain situations. Clive Thompson, author of “Smarter than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better” thinks that we are “becoming less like Rodin’s Thinker (which is a statue of a man thinking) and more like Kasparov’s centaurs (a computer)”(pg.347). This means that we are relying more on the information we can get easily and quickly rather than the reading for the information. I believe that into today’s society we have become so used to how easy technology makes our lives that we don’t realize how much we rely on it. Thompson also states that technology “at their best can help us see more, retain more and communicate more. At their worst, they leave us prey to the manipulation of the tool makers” (pg.347). I think that quote relates most with the internet; because we are capable of so much, yet not all of what can be

Technology is continuously developing and has begun creating shortcuts for the American society. As a society we need to find a balance between our technological use and our everyday life. In my opinion, society has become too dependent on technology. The more advanced technology becomes, the more it seems to be gaining control over our lives. Even though technology is offering society many beneficial qualities; it also is causing many negative effects to occur. Technology is affecting society socially, mentally, and physically.