The Negative Effects Of Technology And Technology

Through the years technology has been evolving increasingly, from flip phones to smartphones to watches used as phones, type writers to laptops to touch screen laptops and radios to basic televisions to big screens to flat screens and on to smart screens. Growing up, I would often spend time watching many hours of television. As a teenager, I also would begin spending more time on phone; talking, texting and video chatting. In today the world, the internet is highly influential, and is filled with a plethora of information about many things. For a long time, phones and the internet have become very problematic because of the lack of communication. Because technology may have a negative effect, it can lead to an overload from the media, to phones hindering writing skills and online communication can affect face to face communication.

Technology has impacted and influenced how people function and devote their time immensely. With the creation of smartphones, computers, and social networks, people have adopted them into their lives and use them daily, which creates a dependence on these devices. An immoderate dependence upon technology is a state that humanity has come to in today’s age that permits people to believe that they essentially cannot function without it. The fear of not having one’s cellphone or being in a position where one’s cellphone cannot be used, whether it be because of a dead battery or having no signal, is known as nomophobia. This irrational phobia can be described as a cell phone separation anxiety. Even though technology is revolutionary, technology is addictive and has adverse effects on people’s lives when used excessively.

The effects of technology usage have long been a topic of debate, with the negative consequences often being brought up. Authors such as Robert Samuels, Alison Gopnik, Nicholas Carr, Gary Small and Vorgan Gigi have all addressed this topic in their own articles. In Samuels’ “Breaking Down Borders: How Technology Transforms the Private and Public Realms,” he discusses the creation of private bubbles in public spaces due to technology, and the consequent alienation of others. “Diagnosing the Digital Revolution” by Gopnik argues that the habits that tech users have today have always existed, while Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” states that technology is actively changing the way humans think. “Meet Your iBrain” by Gigi and Small covers how technology affects brains and alters them. This paper will use the articles and an interview with a peer to analyze the perceived negative effects of using technology, particularly worse memory, shorter attention span, exacerbation of bad habits, and shifting emotions.

Imagine… a generation of kids brainwashed, scarred, and emotionally unstable; lacking key knowledge to survive in the adult world and the parents are the cause of this apocalypse. Every year parents are allowing their kids to access an electronic device at a younger age. Some children even have full access to the internet which that can arise even more complications. Electronics at an early age is an absolute terrible thing, it is bad for three reasons: it causes kids to become more electronic dependent into the future, social media can impact future jobs and college admission, social media and electronics can lead to disorders such as eating disorders, suicidal thoughts, and even sleep deprivation. These things are the reasons why technology is a bad thing.

As I said in my previous essay, not many people realize it, but the human race desperately depends on technology for existence. Although depending on things such as computers, cellular devices, and search engines comes with very helpful and developmental research, it has also come with many negative effects. Technology has literally affected all aspects of life for every living person. To the point where it has made people lazy, taken their jobs, and has even made people addicted to social networking. Some examples of problems are constant use of social media, texting and driving incidents, cyberbullying, and even cheating on tests or exams. I believe that we’ve become evermore negatively dependent on technology because humans now feel the need to socialize and connect with one another more frequently than they did before the turn of the 21st century.

Although technology can bring people together and has educational tools it can tear us away from what's real in life. Technology has become such a big part of our lives that people can now just look at a watch and check their emails or watch a video. People are being consumed by their own technology devices technological to the point that instead of spending actually face to face time with their family they are in their room and in their bed just watching youtube. There are many problems with the way technology negatively affects people. To name a few, people are constantly distracted, there are many individuals that are in social isolation because they are always on their device. Also, an individual can suffer from technology addiction which leads to having a warped sense of reality.

In this era of technological excellence, people are continuously making this world more accessible. These developments are allowing us to connect and interact easily. Time and distance are not an obstacle in terms of exchanging information anymore. We are able to connect with anyone at anytime from a very long distance. This helps us maintaining our relations, communicate and gain information. Yet, many of these developments create stress, interruption, and isolation. While everyone is saying, this is a gift. In many cases, this is a malicious curse. Technology has its positive and negative impacts. There is no clear right or wrong side of this debate. But obviously, it has changed what used to mean appropriate social interaction.

One uses of technology today is to use it for information search. Children today when they have the problem with anything in school or otherwise they would most likely use technology or online to help them solve the problem. Therefore, they lack communication help or guidance with the family member or other. “Use of the Internet in increasing amounts of time in order to achieve satisfaction.” and also “Jeopardized or risked a loss of significant relationships… because of Internet use.” (Jun 2). These two quotes teach me that when children overuse technology it can cause them to use technology to achieve their success. It also shows me that it can cause children to lose relationships with others. Instead of talking with another face to face “Increasingly, young people are using various forms of technology in the service of communicating with others. Cell phones (used for talking and texting), e-mail (including instant messaging), blogging (e.g., Tumblr and Twitter), and social networking via Internet sites such as Facebook,

Televisions, cellphones, games systems, and even computers all have been effortlessly used by people of all ages. Technology has rapidly influenced many people and changed the way we see things. There is not an area where no one has some type of technical device. The technological era has already occurred and it has not only revolutionized many aspects of life, but also everywhere we go. At times like these, technology has improved over the years to help many people survive; however, people are blinded so much with what benefits us they fail to see the consequences because technology is what encourages addiction and addiction only.

The second most beneficial use of the ever changing technology and social media presences is the ability to educate our youth from the earliest years on. An experimental test done by Kelly Shapley, entailed giving 21 middle schools access to brand new laptops and tablets. The results were astounding in that these students showed increased proficiency and spiked learning abilities. The technology increased attention spans and aided group work. The results continued to remain positive throughout the study and proved how technology truly has a hand in learning (Shapley et al. 301).

“Technology should improve you life, not become you life” - Billy Cox. These words from the legendary bassist have a powerful meaning which can relate to today's society. The fascination of new technology has stolen the eyes of the people worldwide. As more breakthroughs with technology occur, people will become more dependent on a resource that is not reliable. In other words, more people will start to depend on modern technology with all of their needs, which can lead to reducing of their creativity and own intelligence. The uprising of new technology may have its advantages, but on the other hand, it can cause cyberbullying, health issues, and a lack of social skills.

Technology; the rise or fall of our existing generations? Research has shown that technology impacts our thinking and mental processes. Unfortunately, the impacts do not appear to be in our favor. There are four categories that the negative impacts from technology usage, on the human mind, divide into. The categories are memory loss, alterations in our learning styles, adverse impacts on focus, and a diminishing mental importance of the physical world around you.

Technology users vary from ages as little like a baby to an elderly, and everyone has different purposes of usage. They are survival tools that help human make life easier and faster (Member, 2013). Adults get the technology to help advance in solving problems. Parents and teachers believe technology help enhance learning. Although technology is meant to be excellent in different scenarios, it does not always mean it is healthy. An example would be students who use less technology, score higher on reading exam versus those who use above average (Bremmer, 2016). Society has now learned to misuse technology in many unhealthy ways that are affecting them negatively.

Technology is a very controversial topic in our modern day world. Because of the controversy of the inclusion of technology in the education system, the overuse and abuse of technology, and how it is affecting the way we behave and think in the world, various authors and producers over the years have commented about the increasing use and incorporation of technology in today’s world through their work. Many authors have very different views on the topic, some such as Ann Woo and Vannear Bush argue that technology is a positive addition to our society, where other influential individuals such as Neal Gabler, Nicholas Carr, and Charlie Brooker each argue that technology is having a negative influence on our society and will in the future

Technology, machinery and equipment developed from the application and scientific knowledge. (Dictionary.com) “I fear the day technology will surpass our human interactions to form a generation of idiots.” -Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein has proven a very important idea. Technology has been controlling many people’s daily lives to the point where many have become dependent on it. When technology is used everyday to achieve one’s chores and problems humans become dumber because of their lack of effort to solve these problems. Also, many children are exposed to technology at a young age, which has a negative outcome. Kids would not be achieving their own work; instead technology, including the media, computers, phones etc. will be performing the work. With so much information on the internet, which is frequently wrong, allows children to just simply cheat their way to find the answer without using their understanding and knowledge. Prior to the world having technology, people had horses and wagons as their transportation. Currently, people drive cars, trucks, trains, planes etc; with all of these transportation amenities creating crashes and problems. Many people’s lives are lost because of crashes and so on, but in the olden days they did not have these problems due to not having the technology. If the world did not have technology, one would complete their daily needs themselves and would not need to rely on technology. Society and the Earth have been negatively affected by technology by the effects on the environment, cyberbullying and the increasing number of people becoming more lazy.