Pros And Cons Of Modern Technology

Technology has always been a controversial subject between conservative people and innovators. Some people believe that it is a great tool to connect cultures and improve education and innovation in our society today, but others view it as a menace in our lives. “Growing Up Tethered” by Sherry Turkle and “George Orwell...Meet Mark Zuckerberg” by Lori Andrews both view technology as a dangerous tool. They believe in the many drawbacks of technology and the harm it can do to our lives with no explanation of the positive effects it has had on our society. “Our Future Selves” by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen plays the role of a positive look at technology and its role in our lives today. It gives examples of how advancing technology helps us and improves so many peoples’s lives. We can use Schmidt and Cohen’s essay as a lens to view the other two texts and gain a different understanding of what they are writing about.

Technology is both a blessing and a curse. It can make the lives of people better or it can completely make everything inconvenient. Technology has gone from something that was once complex to something used on the daily. It, in fact, may be destroying and taking over society. This idea is proposed in both “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet and “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury, however, presents the most disturbing and cruel views on technology and society.

Technology is taking over the lives of people all around the world. Have you ever recognized how isolated people have become with the new smart phones or how hard it is to get some sleep at night? Have you ever noticed how more and more people have become depression and hearing lose has increased over the years as new headphones are invented? The way technology has been include in the lives of people all over the world like finding cures and making surgery less pain full. The advancements in technology has both helped and harmed people. Technology is taking over human lives, affecting their health. Technology has badly impacted human health by causing depression, negatively impacting relationships, creating poor sleeping habits, growing rates in obesity, and more prone to infections .

Over the years, technology has become a great advancement that has led us towards a new way to live our life. We can see that the use of technology has increased as time has passed. Kids as young as 4 years old are exposed to technology such as tablets in order to entertain them. Not only has technology created a way to entertain people, but has also created a way to motivate others, become a convenient tool for those with a limited amount of time and a reliable source for other things. We have become more dependent on technology because of the different ways it can be used such as on the go or right at home. The truth is that technology has positively impacted the lifestyle of Americans.

In this era of globalization and cut-throat world of competition, it is virtually impossible to do business without using the internet and web applications. Internet gets used for processing the credit card or debit card sale and even for using to save the data of customers to the merchant’s database for future reference and to send promotional offers to the previous and patron customers. And on the other hand, hackers are trying their best to get the data stored on the merchant’s server by spoofing

Online shopping has become a lifesaver for many consumer providing conveniences; convenience sells. Today’s consumers expect to see a company’s presence online with the top social media tools including Facebook and Twitter. With the advancements in mobile technology, consumers can make purchases with the click of a few keystrokes on their smartphone. These purchases require customers to enter in their personal information, including mailing address, email and banking information. Entering this information online can open customers up to the threat of hackers stealing their personal information including their bank account information.

Okay, it’s time to put your phone down and get a little taste of reality. Technology has and continues to ruin society. Not the kind of technology such as: blueprints, machinery, and etc. the type of technology such as: phones, tablets, iPads, and items that take away the ability of completing daily living tasks by oneself. The complexity of technology has gotten out of hand to where society is nearly handicapped because social skills no longer exist, social anxiety disorder is more common, and there are microchips being implanted into humans. Technology is a drug and everyone is addicted.

The subject of technology taking over peoples lives gets to be more and more of a touchy subject in peoples lives as technology progresses. We all would like to think that technology does not run our lives but in every way shape and form, it does. Technology has gotten to the extent where people's cell phones are more powerful than some desk top computers. People have the ability to do almost anything from just basic web browsing to buying and selling stocks on their cell phones. We take advantage of our technology no matter where we are or what we are doing. Just so we can feel like we are "keeping up with the Jones'".

Picture a family in a living room silent. All you can see is the light of their tablets and phones lighting up their faces. Technology is everywhere we go. You can not walk down a street, take a plane, or go to a coffee shop without seeing someone staring at a screen. Technology can hurt us in physical and social ways.

Many of us wonder if technology is affecting society for the better, or for the worse. I believe there are major issues on the rise with today’s trending technologies. However, like most thing’s, there are both pro’s and con’s to the way technology affects our society. It has a way of giving us new experiences, but in some situations technology can actually take away certain experiences. I’d like to explain my reasoning for those beliefs, and better explain that it’s not that technology is good or bad, it just depends what we choose to do with it, and how we let it affect our daily lives.

Technology has affected our lives for the worst. It has created a multitude of problems that have yet to be resolved. These problems include a loss of identity, antisocial behavior, and a misrepresentation of experiencing life. Technology takes us away from being active participants in our individual lives and places us in a virtual and unrealistic world. Those in contact with technology, which is essentially everyone, are unaware of the deeper influence that technology has upon them. Individuals should be aware of the fact that technology has a significant impact on their lives. We have become desensitized by technology to the point that we do not see that it has affected our lives in such a negative way. Technology brings more problems than

Albert Einstein once said “ I fear that technology will surpass our interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” Many people tend to think that technology is one of the best things to ever happen , but others believe that it is starting to have a negative effect on humanity. There are many different types of technology, but the two most commonly used are cell phones and computers. Our generation is being raised alongside technological evolution. Individuals use technology everyday for many different occasions, whether it be for work, school, or just to play video games. People don’t realize that they could outside enjoying their life and having fun, but instead they choose to stay inside on their computers or cellphones. Humans are being taught that technology is the reason behind everything that is happening in society today. Technology is supposed to make life easier for everyone. While it is true that technology contributes a lot of good to the world today, it has not came without a price. There are various negative effects that technology has caused in today’s generation. Technology is negatively affecting humankind because it is making people depressed, it is beginning to make individuals simple minded, people are becoming addicted to their technology, and because it is starting to make human beings do things that will put them in dangerous situations.

In this modern era of technology, we extensively make use of virtual money. Credit and Debit cards have become an integral part of the world’s economy. Due to this extensive usage of cards, we have become a “cashless society”. We make use of credit cards to make online payments, to buy items at retailers and grocery stores; almost anywhere we go and purchase, we extensively make use of credit cards. This over dependency and usage of credit cards has given rise to new form of crime called the Credit Card fraud.

One problem of shopping online is credit risk, although it brings us convenience, it also brings us some negative effects at the same time. Credit problems of online shopping are rising obviously because of the rapid development of online shopping. In particular, in most cases lots of criminal use a stolen card to withdraw cash or pay due to the users’ personal information and bank card information are disclosed without any precaution. It might be lead to personal information has been abused and cause financial losses. According to MITTAL (2017), network security is a big problem, and if the website does not have strict network security measures, the customer's data might fall into the hands of criminals, such as name, address, bank card information and phone number. Therefore, personal awareness of prevention is important. In addition,

On-line shopping has continued to spike as more and more people turn to the convenience of the internet. Although it is convenient to shop from the privacy of your home, the perspective of on-line payment does present some challenges. Both the customer and the vendor are concerned about security measures. Customers are worried that their credit card information remains protected and that their privacy is safeguarded. There is the possibility that the sellers’ website may be subject to hacking and thus the customers’