Is Technology Causing Us More Harm Than Good?

Technology has been growing throughout the years, always changing and evolving in all new ways. It has become almost a second nature to us by now, to use technology on anything and everything. We use technology for the smallest things, such as looking up the recipe for your next meal, or the name of an actor, or just to check up on a friend. It seems to be that the more technology develops, the more addicted and the more dependent we become. If one were to analyze and really think about how many times we use technology a day, we will start to realize how much it has consumed us. Just think about how many times a day you see someone on their phone, or on a computer. You will start to realize how addicted we are. It’s so common for us to

Through this I would like to give a clear picture on how the technology has impacted the younger generation and how it made the humans lazy.

of your hand made from elegantly carved aluminium into a sleek smartphone. Technology is now at the point where it may have gone too far and major advances in technology have no doubt advanced the world significantly but has it crippled society in the process? (P2) First These phones required large unappealing signal antennas to function. These large, bulky and unattractive phones were later replaced with ‘Flip-Phones’ and then ‘Smart’ era began. On the 29th June 2007 the original Apple iPhone was released, this sparked a demand for thinner, bigger and more capable phones. Touchscreen smart-phones seemed to be a hit, so once again Apple made an industry taking the ‘Personal Digital Assistant’ or ‘PDA’ for short, which was deemed a failure and based their new creation the ‘iPad’ around the same target market. The ‘iPad’ was an instant hit selling over 3 million units in just 80 days. The

Caroline Fodale English 121 Professor Mount 03/04/2015 Snap Into Reality We constantly hear we are in the ‘age of technology’. It’s crazy how much technology we use on a daily basis. It has become so routine to have technology incorporated into our daily lives that we don’t realize how much we rely on it. Who

In the words of Albert Einstein, “It has been appallingly obvious that technology has exceeded our humanity.” Demonstrating that one day technology around us will surpass us, Einstein supports that we are slowly letting technology take over our lives. With technology everywhere today, we find ourselves often procrastinating with it. Studies have shown that people are beginning to spend time on everything but work while at work. The technologic work atmosphere of E-mail, internet and handheld media devices, it is very easy to let it all consume your life. Technology can make us alter the way we act and think, thus losing all ability to function as a human being. Consequently, we are so dependant on technology, that if it crashed, the world would crash all together too. If we had lost our connection to the internet, many people would simply have to resort to older methods of living life. We can be less dependant on technology to control our lives and find alternatives to live without it. Accordingly, humans should not let themselves become so enveloped in technology, that if it ceases to exist, we would too.

Lazy is the American Today’s American society consists of many technological achievements. The cars we drive, the classes we take, and even the things we do in our spare time has changed due to the increasing amount of technology that is available to us. Technology is a wonderful thing to behold, but then we can look at the one thing technology has done to humans and especially Americans. Technology has created a society of many lazy people. In order to support my argument, I believe that it is imperative to answer one question in great detail. How has technology made us lazy?

As a Millennial and frequent user of many devices, I find that technology has drastically improved over the years, which directly correlates with the increase in its usage. Technology has become an essential piece in our generation’s functionality and therefore it is not likely to go away anytime soon. The thought of newer and better technology is usually appealing to the average consumer for obvious reasons; better entertainment, research and medical advances, etc. However, our progress as a society does not depend on technology, rather to some extent, it inhibits our ability to grow mentally.

For decades, society has been plagued by the mind-numbing, soul-sucking menace that is technology. Technology consists of smartphones, Wi-Fi, calculators, laptops, and other electronics that gives us the ability to live life more efficiently. Ovens, plumbing, clothing, and other objects of the like are not technology, regardless of what the dictionary says. The dictionary lies- it, too, was created by modern technology. Nowadays, technology has overrun us as a people. Our children are constantly looking at phones or computers instead of learning how to carry on a conversation in person. The populace is suffering from obesity, increased substance abuse, and general laziness. Some native tribes have even demonstrated that with technology

5includes that “Recent surveys and field studies have found that a majority of workers have only three to fifteen minutes of uninterrupted working time in a day, and they spend at least an hour a day — five full weeks a year — dealing with distractions and then getting back on task” (Soojung-Kim

Technology has become an inseparable part of modern life, enhancing the speed of every action and increasing the pressure on human brain. It might appear that with innovations in every aspect of daily routine people should be able to have more free time and perform their tasks one by one without any hurry. On the other hand, they also could have become used to the necessity of being involved with more than one issue at the same time, and thus should be able to be constantly busy. However, it is not that simple. All of the aspects of modern life are not exclusively beneficial or solely harmful for human beings, because this impact is multifaceted and complex.

The pace of innovations has accelerated throughout the years. As years go by, more and more new technology has been developed. Technology has advanced so much in our society to the point that we all now have cell phones with GPS to get from one location to another without the

Technology has become a significant attachment in our lives. According to an article titled “U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015” by Aaron Smith, he states “nearly two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone, and 19% of Americans relied to some degree on a smartphone for accessing online services and information and for staying connected to the world around them.” Even with all of the wonderful advancements in technology, one question that seems to arise is: has technology made Americans lazy? One of the purposes of technology is to make people’s lives simpler but could it actually make our lives less active? By observing the type of people we have become, the evidence or effects that occur from using technology, and future consequences, an answer might be obtained.

Ever since I was young, I have known technology to be a large instrument in my development and everyday life. Everyone had a technological device of one sort or another, just as they do now. I watched people cut themselves off from the world as their reliance on technology grew and the light dim from their eyes as their screens got brighter. The limitation of direct human contact due to the use of technology has had far more negative effects on society than positive, including (but not limited to) a new danger with strangers, distraction and alienation from human contact, and a wide variety of physical, emotional and mental disabilities. As the amount of direct contact has decreased, artificial or indirect contact has substantially increased, using the Internet as a primary platform. There are three very

As the world grows more technologically advanced, it seems that the pressures of the day are increasing instead of decreasing. Instead of freeing up our time for enjoyment, we seem to cram more responsibilities into the time that has been freed up by technology. Technology has increased productivity, and increased productivity has required more from us.

Technology Evolution Technology is turning people into more of multitasking machines, and less of social interacting people. As a twenty one year old college student in the year of 2015, I try to imagine of the days when technology wasn’t so accessible or available in any form. A time when everyone