Persuasive Essay About Technology

Today, we are so accustomed and dependent on technology to communicate and inform our world (Bentley, 2014). According to Australian Bureau of Statistics (2017) Australia has a population of 24.7 million people, only 14.2 million of those people have access to the internet. That means that over ten million people in Australia, a young but well-developed country don’t have access to the internet. Nicholas Negroponte created a non for profit initiative called one laptop per child, in hope to continue to minimise the digital divide, this initiative has now rolled out in Ethiopia, Mongolia, Peru, Mexico, Rwanda and more. Technology is such a big part of our education system so what happens when some of our students don’t have access to basic

Technology is everywhere. People have become so infatuated with technology that they forget there was a time where we didn’t have any. A lot of the technology we see today such as: TVs, computers, and cellphones, came about during the 1900s starting off as boxes you constantly had to fool with to make work. As time progressed people sought ways to make them better and better. Today, technology has developed into one of the most prominent things. Technology influences the way we do things. For example, back in the day we would write letters to communicate back and forth with each other; as opposed to today where we can communicate via text message, phone call, or direct messaging. It also rules out a lot of things. For example, instead of reading a newspaper you could view the news via television or cellphone.

“Our phones are not accessories, but psychologically potent devices that change not just what we do but who we are.” (Turkle 2015). As the technology era is on the rise, the face-to-face talking era is on the decline. Technology now days is being used in our every day lives. Just like everything technology absolutely has pros and cons but do the cons out weigh the pros? As stated in the article: “Stop Googling. Let’s Talk.” written by Sherry Turkle, she lays out how technology is affecting the people in the society. Today’s technology comes with consequences: leading us to be vulnerable, unaware and shallow.

As we progress further into the future, technology seems to have more of a grasp on our society. Which can be seen as both beneficial or damaging. We have come to a point in time were cars are starting to become autonomous from a push of a button, no longer requiring us to stay focused at the wheel. Should we entrust our lives within a man-made artificial intelligent?

Wearable technology, once the stuff of old spy movies, is rapidly moving into the 21st century.

There is enough discrimination against us, and feeling alienated leads to recidivism. I served my sentence. I paid my debt to society. Why am I still doing time?" - Perry Hopkins, convicted felon and current community organizer for Communities United, talking about voting rights in Maryland.

Over fifteen million children (approximately twenty-one percent) in the United States live in poverty according to the 2014 United States Census (DeNavas 17). These children cannot afford food or clothes or other basic necessities essential for basic life, so the thought of a laptop computer to call their own is unheard of. Even if the school allows for student’s to bring their own devices, children living in poverty are forced to use these company monitored computers. If this computer is the only one in the home, siblings and parents of the student may also have access to use it so not only are the owner’s information obtainable but now the whole family is in danger of their fourth amendment rights being broken. The most important question to ask is what kind of data are these companies like G Suite for Education (the Google classroom company associated with the Chromebooks given to Katherine W.) storing and why? How secure is this information these companies are holding? Considering these companies have thousands of students’ information in their databases, even the smallest leak or flaw in the system could affect hundreds of families. If a hacker is able to unlock the entire system and sell this information to third parties like other companies, people looking to steal identities or they can even sell seemingly harmless pictures taken through the laptop's webcam to child pornographers. Parents try to protect their children from these horrors of the world but in situations

We grew up in the age of transition. Our childhood previously consisting of jumping rope, going outside, and playing in playgrounds quickly changed into something more technological. We watched handwritten letters became electronic, film became digital, a huge corded phones become small computers in our pockets. Now we are becoming dependent on these new technologies.

Year by year, day by day, and minute by minute, machines are expanding. They have grown so much that this day in age, everyone is technology-dependent. The simplest tasks have become broken in our minds and we almost always use technology as our crutch. Both scientists and the average person have played a part in making technology what it is today. Whether it's an astronaut using a robot arm in outer space or your neighbor, using their GPS to find their way to work, nearly everyone on Earth uses some form of computer operator daily. There is no telling how much technology has grown in the past century, and the possibilities for its expansion in the next century are indefinite. An extensive number of worrisome people ponder if the human

When we think about war, we think of brave men fighting on land against others. We think that they are present and risking their lives for our freedom and for the most part, this is true but now technology allows a few of them to protect our freedom behind a piece of technology. This idea is emphasized in the film eye in the sky where there is no blood or gore from the soldiers fighting the terrorist instead, there is a question of morality because they can kill “from the safety of your chair”. The idea that simple technology has evolved into one that is now used for more surveillance is one that the film contributes to as well that for this to exist there has to be surveillance all around from people. With so much surveillance there are also those who try to defy it and the film shows how they do that.

The article “Heavy Technology Use Linked to Fatigue, Stress and Depression in Young Adults” by David Volpi, M.D., P.C., F.A.C.S. Explains how the lives of young adults are affecting, causing all sort of physical to mental problem due to the excessive use of technologies. Article mentioned “The artificial light from TV and computer screens affects melatonin production and throws off circadian rhythms, preventing deep, restorative sleep.” Saying that Watching Tv or doing something in phone, laptop causes one to not sleep well. I sometime find myself into such situation, where I start watching TV series at night around 11pm and continue watching until the point where I get tired of holding the phone upward in my bed. By the time I stop watching it is already 3am, then instead of going back to bed, I find myself using

Technology - the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment(Technology). This definition from dictionary.com encourages society to think that technology is beneficial to humans by providing useful and relevant information regarding any human situation. In the short story, Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut, presented in 2081, human beings living during this time are equal in every way possible, brainwashed into thinking that this is the best way to live. Furthermore, two hundred plus amendments have been documented and handicaps have been placed on individuals who are stronger, faster, and smarter than the average citizen. Is this not the way of life in the society of 2017? As tech savvy humans we let technology dictate what is morally right or wrong, we identify it as a source of happiness, and we allow it to distract us from what should be most important, human interaction. What should be improving the American character is essentially slowly destroying people without their consent.

Does the U.S. population believe that technology and devices are overused? Are we aware of the problems they are causing for not only our safety and focus, but even possibly our morals? Most assume that they have their technology use “under control.” Others know how serious their addiction is. It is crucial for not only some of the population, but everyone, especially teenagers and adults, to realize the seriousness of this issue. Once that is accomplished, we can utilize simple steps to get back to somewhat of the way life used to be lived, technology free. Yes, technology is very important in society today, but we need to know the difference between using it for when it’s needed, and when we’re abusing it. This essay scrutinizes the main conflicts that technology causes, the effects of overusing it, and various solutions that can keep people less distracted on their devices, and more attentive to their ‘real’ lives. On the other hand, it will also look at some benefits of technology and ways it can make everyone focus.

How do most people view the functions of the world? Is there a consensus on how certain things are handled, or utilized? Today, there are new temptations, and functions that were nonexistent three decades ago. Such as the advancements in technology, and communication, an unfair economy that bounces up and down, and lastly, a government that plays a major role in the daily lives of Americans. With this, I will create a utopia, that cancels out the negatives of these changes.

The utmost, overriding facet of our society has been placed in our hands, perched on a stand, and then plugged into a socket: modern technology. Today, individuals without up to date technology are christened anomalies that are late to the ‘smart era’ of smartphones, smartwatches, and smart televisions. In Is Google Making Us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr, and Be a Gamer, Save the World by Jane McGonigal, it is made comprehensible that, as a society, we have begun to intertwine ourselves in the tangles of our electronics, which we cannot seem to relinquish. Our generation has been advancing with technology nonstop to the point where a new gadget is practically released daily. Recently, the latest technological fixation that has rapidly spread like wildfire is video streaming: whether it be video-on-demand or live, it has concurrently seized and fashioned jobs, as well as intermixed communities and individuals alike.