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​In times like these when, what seems like every month, a new gadget is coming out, we rely more and more on these things to get us through life. Some of these gadgets and the technology that comes with them have become such a huge part of our lives that we almost don't know what to do anymore without them. We depend on this technology to navigate us from one location to another or to even communicate with family and friends. Are these gadgets really helping us and making life easier or are they hindering our basic human ability to communicate effectively with each other and perform manual tasks that we rely on these machines or other technology to perform for us? In his essay, A Nation of Vidiots, Jeffery Sachs suggests that excessive

According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, nearly two-thirds of the United States adults own a smartphone, which is up from 35% in 2011 (Anderson and Posts). As the acceptance of smartphones expand, many question whether it will have an adverse impact on our lives. Author Nicholas Carr indirectly criticizes the use of a smartphone; however, smartphones, such as Apple’s iPhone can have both positive and negative impacts on a population.

As much as I regret to admit it, I’m attached to my phone. I’m constantly reaching into my pocket to check the time, make sure I haven’t gotten a new update, or to send a message. I do this even when I’m not talking to anyone! It’s become an addiction, having to make sure I’m not missing anything, and I'm not the only one who has this problem. Seventy-five percent of the world population has a cell phone, and that number will only increase. With the creation of new technology portions of life have become easier. Technology has changed the way we go through life. It’s made talking to people easier, as well as keeping up with the lives of others. However, the effects have affected the aspects of our lives that don’t include technology.

I feel like all of the items on my list has impacted daily life for everyone. Phones allow owners the ability to download many social media applications such as Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. These apps allow us to communicate with friends and family who are not near. I feel without these devices or apps, information wouldn’t be as easily shared.

The Importance of Boredom In her essay “The Joy of Boredom,” Carolyn Johnson focuses on the effects technological distractions have on everyday boredom and how boredom is very important in a person’s life. She explains that when a person gets bored they have time to explore one’s internal self and technology takes away the time for self thought and connection. Her reasoning for this is that today’s society has a fear of not being connected through cell phones, computers, and the internet. She shows research showing that many people get anxious when not connected to the world via the internet.

The three apps I use on a regular basis is Facebook, WeatherBug and Prism. Facebook has positively affected my life when it comes to staying connected with family and knowing what's going on around me without turning on the news. WeatherBug, on the other hand, has positively affected my life with regards to keeping track of storms and making sure I stay as safe as possible when I am traveling. Lastly, Prism has affected my life positively because it gives me the opportunity to put all my bills into one app and pay them on

In today’s modern world it is easier than ever to find information. Any question someone could ever think of is at the tip of their fingers, and people are definitely using this feature. It is not uncommon to see someone engrossed in their cell phones anymore, and who can blame them, with all of the nifty features it is hard to not become addicted. However, are people becoming too attached? Throughout the world it is evident that modern technology is the way of the future, but a lot of people are forgetting their roots. As quickly as technology is growing the more people are questioning, is this generation too dependent on technology? Considering the lack of communication, addiction to smart phones, and the decrease in focus the answer to this

Apps are now an integral part of our everyday lives. We use them to check the weather and check into a flight, to see when the next bus is coming, record notes, read books, play games and much more.

Everywhere you look you see kids with their heads down looking at their smartphones. When they get home, they go to their computer or tablet. Once its bedtime, they pick up their phones then lay down in bed while browsing the internet and texting their friends. This becomes a common pattern of daily life for kids in our generation. If kids do not have after school activities or their parents are at work, they will automatically gravitate to their computers, phones, tablets, and televisions. This is a serious problem for today’s generation of kids, and my solution is to create an app that is built into every device straight out of the factory which is designed to help parents keep track of their kids’ screen time and to regulate how

IPhone, laptops, iPads are becoming a necessity in society and with the release of each updated version their popularity grows. But is this a disadvantage? In my opinion, no, it’s not. We live in a more advanced and developed society in terms of technology. It is fact that nearly every single day another company brings out something more advanced and from its humble beginnings our needs grow.

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?

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

Are we too dependent on computers? The answer is yes! In today’s society, people use computers in business, education, and in the entertainment world. Almost everything we do and every aspect of our life is affected by modern technology with computers at the top of the list. People obsess over computers. The computers do everything for us so we don’t have to use our brains anymore. People are losing their jobs due to the computers moving into the workplace. They are making society dumber by the day. Society today is too dependent on computers because we use them for everything, we don’t have the social interaction that we once had, and technology makes us lazy.

Is our society too dependent on computers? I, like many Americans today, have become reliant on the usage of computers. It influences all aspects of my life by bringing about a new level of convenience. Computers are a part of our everyday lives whether we like it or not. They make simple tasks much easier and allow us to strive to our full potential.However over the years, computers have become much more than a tool but necessary part of our lives. They have replaced almost every important contrivance humans have. Today computers replace the way we conduct our academic research, supply our food, keep businesses competitive and maintain our military superiority. Computers are not being used as

If I were to ask each of you if you were able to go an entire day without your mobile device, very few can say they`d be able to do so. In fact, in a recent TIME Magazine Mobility Poll, 84% out of 5000 people surveyed in 8 different countires, admitted that they couldn’t go a single day without their phones and a third of respondents admitted that being without their mobile device for even short periods of time leaves them feeling anxious. It is clear that whenever we`re waiting for those last five minutes before the bell rings to every class, our automatic impulse is to reach for our phone. Do you really need to check anything that important? The sad truth is that we have become far too dependent on our phones. The fear that we might miss the latest gossip, or the most recent updates on all of our social webesites seems more like an addiction than anything else. We`ve clouded our vision as to what is really important, and that is-quality human interaction.