Have advances in technology improved our lives or are we becoming too dependent? |
Technology has improved our lives, which trumps any dependency, because the benefits are priceless.
Technology has improved our lives. I am old enough to remember thirteen inch black and white TVs, vinyl records, and party-line telephones. I also remember cars getting 8 MPG acceptably. The Internet has enriched our lives almost unimaginably. Through the Internet, we can shop worldwide. A cell phone battery that costs over $50 locally is available online for $17, plus $5 shipping. The information available online is priceless.
Posted by: JamieMYes.
I don't even know my mom's phone number from memory. And millions of people, don't even know how to work an encycolopedia anymore. I mean why use a dictonary, when we can just google it?
Posted by: sculmer2Technology can help our life.
When technology advances, first, our communication gets much more easier, like at the past people sent letters to other people to communicate, but these days we send e-mails or use phones. Also transportation has advanced, too. For example horse and donkey was our transportation but transportation has advanced and now our vehicles are trains and cars. Things like medicine, entertainment, and education have also been advanced by technology.
Posted by: PercyI think we have become overly dependent on technology, and it is isolating us from each other.
While technology has improved our lives, we are becoming more and more dependent upon it. More and more people are relying on information from the Internet, relying on AI and smartphones, and I see more and more people becoming isolated from each other because of a false sense of connection, due to social media. If we have a major black-out or world crisis, it will be interesting to see how people survive without their technology.
Posted by: PointlessElbert47Everyone needs to be unplugged more.
Although technology has helped us in the medical sense, it has also degraded humans, and to people not being able to hold up an actual conversation anymore. especially teens today who are under te spells of ipods and computer that rarely do they go out and play. Technology is going ahead of childrens youth, in my opinion.
Posted by: RamirezkmI think technology can affect in both positive and negative ways.
I think it has improved our lives because we use technology in our everyday lives but in a way people have become too dependent on technology. This will be a problem. For example, what if one day the power grid went out? How are we going to survive without our technology?
Posted by: AnonymousTECHNOLGY IS THE KEY
basically without internet we would not be able to complete day to day tasks or be able to make people live aslong as they do nowadays and this means that the advancements in technology is key to the succes of society. people saying that now ones go outside i think they do.
Posted by: AnonymousAdvances in technology has improved out lives, because lives are longer and more enjoyable due to it.
Advances in technology has improved our lives. We are living longer and enjoying it more, because of technology. Medical technology has grown by leaps and bounds. Computer/Internet technology has revolutionized the way we process information and do business. Thirty years ago, I would have wished that I could find a copy of Disney's "Song of the South". Recently, I went online and found the movie available in the U.K. and Hong Kong, for less than $20. Online shopping offers a greater variety of products at more competitive prices. A sixty inch HDTV is definitely preferable to a thirteen inch black and white TV.
Posted by: jackprague94Technology is so incredible for our lives.
Year by year we see advances in technology. It improves many things such as our life. Some people see that technology is bad but on the bright side sit down and realize that technology has been used in your life when you really need to. Technology helps us when we have a job, project etc.
Posted by: Anonymousits obvious
The internet has made it so that we are too dependant on the internet. Our comprehension of things is decreasing because of our lazy habit of justs searching on google and finding our answer which is causing our minds to not analyze things more. This is bad for America's future.
Posted by: AnonymousWe may have become too dependent
Technology has helped us greatly but lately I only see it abused. People seem to be on social networks 24-7. Texting each other posting pictures. People are taking what would have been considered a super computer at one point and putting it to use as nothing more than a distraction now. Some people have become so dependent on technology now that they feel they would rather die than not have it
Posted by: AnonymousTechnology is giving us an upgrade
With the advancement of technology, people are open to many grey areas in life. In the past, trains and planes are not available to everyone, so people are not able to see different parts of the world. Even though there was ships, horses etc. kind of transport, they still posses a great risk when in usage. So in the modern age technology has taken a great leap to give us safe and accessible mode of transport to other parts of the world.
Posted by: AnonymousTech is the answer as long as society is educated.
The most important thing is scientific progress, that's the only thing that can solve or current problems. We need more fuel fuel efficient cars, fusion power, and better solar panel tech. Progress once was a belief of the industrialized world. During the Great Depression people put faith in science and the world of tomorrow. Science solved the dust bowl (Low tilling soil), won WW2(A Bomb), and led the west to win the cold war(computer tech). Our heroes were Edison, Van Bran, and Einstein. My dad told me in his day if you got a D or an F you were embarrassed. If you failed you tired again! It wasn't anybody fault but your own, not the teachers, society, or the fact you were born poor. Also the government can't magically make you have a life. You have to go to work even if its a minimum wage job. Both of my parents were born poor and they worked from the bottom to the top.
Today I feel we have a growing problem in the belief that social programs are the answer. Welfare doesn't help people it traps them. Technological progress liberates people. We Industrialize, we put people to work, we make cars, the Internet, and computers. We build companies like Ford, Microsoft, and Boeing. Investment in science today is our place of employment of tomorrow.
Our society won't become dependent as long as we are educated. So stop dropping out of school, saying you can't, or wait for the government to take care of you. If we lose our educated population then we will become dependent on technology and fail. We won't have the skills to keep society working and that is the difference. An educated society improves its life with technology an uneducated society becomes dependent on it. Uneducated people turn to none scientific and educational solutions like government entitlements that drain money, time, and resources from scientific inquiry that will make the jobs of tomorrow. Alternatively social programs that now consume 50% of our government spending subsides society to live a merger living making us dependent on the government. We don't have the resources for both either spend it on science that yields jobs or social programs that draining society form building it's future.Posted by: AnonymousKids these days rely on technology too much/.
Yes kids these days rely on technology too much, technology has improved our lives but people AND kids take advantage of it! When you ask a child to do something they will tell you to wait WHILE THEYRE ON THE COMPUTER! Ask someone to wash dishes they will tell you they need to use the dishwasher. The world is getting lazier and lazier everyday! Nobody wants to read anymore they want to watch tv (*only a couple) I love technology I just don't like the disadvantages!
Posted by: AnonymousAdvances in technology have greatly improved the lives of many.
Technology has improved life for people around the globe. While people make great use of it, I think it is faulty to say that they are dependent on it. Even if for some reason, all the advances made were to disappear tomorrow, people and their businesses would still trudge on, though possibly at a slower pace.
Posted by: CurvyErich46It is good.
With the introduction of technology in schools, teachers are also benefited. The Internet is increasingly getting better, every passing day are created thousands of new sites or programs. There is now a program where the teacher can put parts of student work and the Internet will show whether he copied from some website. If yes, the program will indicate the source. So teachers can use technology to catch cheaters.
Posted by: AnonymousBecoming too dependent
Modern Technology has shaped the way that most people see the world today. People depend on technology to entertain them more than in the past few decades, and are using time, which should have been used to exercise or socialize. Not only that, Children have been addicted to new high-end technology such as laptops and tablets, which attracts them to play with technology. When they are addicted, they can only go on for so long, until anxiety overcomes them.
Posted by: AnonymousTechnology is not the answer to everything
Years ago this stuff wasn't around. People actually had lives to live. People actually wrote each other and met in person. It's sad these kids who are growing up know how to work an iPhone better than they can comprehend their school work or anything constructive. It's very sad. Our communication has upgraded in many ways, but honestly it's going down hill as well.
Posted by: Cosmolatte5Technology has improved our lives, but we are becoming too dependent, as technology runs the world these days.
Technology has improved human life. The evidence of this can be seen in hospitals all over the world. These hospitals use computers to store information on patients, contact doctors, administer medicine, and in reality, operate these hospitals. The problem is what happens when this technology shuts down? Being so dependent on technology might leave humans helpless if the computers stop working all of a sudden.
Posted by: Tiana99Yes, technology has improved out lives on a great scale, due to the advances made in medicine and education.
Technology is a win-win for everyone. It helps in so many ways, including advances in school assistance and medical help. Heck, I'm using a computer right now to make some extra money online. What is helping me to do that? Technology. Technology has come a long way over the years, and it still has some way left to travel.
Posted by: BoundlessHomer49I think advances in technology have improved our lives greatly because it allows people to enjoy more comfortable lives.
Advance in technology, especially in medicine, greatly improve our way of life. Many advances in technology make things less expensive for everyone in society. If we did not have advances in technology people would suffer more, and be less comfortable in general. Currently the advances in the electric automobile are sure to make those vehicles less expensive and available to the general population.
Posted by: TightfistedMary56Technology is a big improvement in life.
Technology improves our lives in many ways. The medical field, criminal field, and fields of science such as astronomy, geology, biology have all benefited from technology. Also the technology of the 21st century has helped in sports with things such as helmets and physical fitness. Firemen can use a special device that helps them see through walls helping them save lives. Technology has helped us tremendously.
Posted by: Anonymousthe have imporoved.
we argue if technology has or has not made our lives worse. as it is a mixture of both as it has made them bad and good as you can now communicate better but there are forms of abuse over the internet but the thing is that technology is good for all people old young and middle aged
Posted by: AnonymousWe rely too much
We rely on technology so much that we can barely do anything for ourselves anymore. I used to be able to do the hardest math problems in my head but now I have to use a calculator. My family cant spell to save their lives. They rely on spell check. I dont use books to do my homework, I use a computer. I know I'm dependent on technology and my family is to. So are most other people.
Posted by: Anonymousits right in front of our faces
We rely on technology so much that we can bearly do anything for ourselves anymore. I use to be able to do the hardest math problems in my head but now I have to use a calculater. My family cant spell to save their lives. They rely on spell check. I dont use books to do my homework, I use a computer. I know im dependent on technology and my family is to. so are most other people.
Posted by: AnonymousI think its a little of both, because improvements and becoming too dependent go hand in hand.
Technology has made things simpler for us in many ways. Smartphones and tablets let you have many things on one device, such as music, apps and video games. But, at the same time, many people have become too dependent on these devices. I've seen many parents give their kids their iPhone, so they can be quiet and entertained, without the parents having to do anything.
Posted by: AheadYoungIt helps us. But we are getting lazy.
-internet
-cell phones
-power scooters for elderly
-kindle, less clutter of books in homes
-running water
-electricity
-heating and cooling
-everything is based on technology
People must embrace the technology that is coming out today or else they will be left behind because people will move forward without looking back to help them.Posted by: Anonymous
There will not always be electrical supply.
One day we will run out of natural resources, which means that we will run out of electrical supplies. Then what will happen? No one will be able to take care of themselves because they have been relying on technology too much. People are so obsessed with their phones that they text someone in the same room. Kids lose their chance to play outside and enjoy childhood because they are always watching TV. Being too dependent on technology can even cause health problems.
Posted by: AnonymousYes we are becoming technology dependent.
We are becoming too dependent on technology. People losing there jobs, the difference in peoples writing and socially awkwardness from others. People lose jobs because there is a machine that does the same as an employee. You can notice that in our penmanship, we were writing in cursive and now we have created new words like "wtf" and "ttyl" these new text scriptures are lazier and abbreviated than cursive. Socially awkwardness is from twitter and Facebook. People barely use the telephone anymore to speak to there friends and family. We are becoming more and more isolated as well as dependent on technology to take care of our inconveniences. When in reality, people don't see that what is convenient, may be or become too convenient.
Posted by: AnonymousDependence on technology erodes community.
Online and offline, when it comes to computers, phones and other such devices, you have created the potential for major distraction and danger. Distraction in the sense that one can spend too much time or too much energy trying to better yourself (often against others) through the technology you have. If you're focusing on how to help others, not on how many more gigabytes you can download with a certain machine, you can be a society that prides practical support for each over personal security in any virtual world. Danger in the sense that not everything you can encounter through technology is going to be of use to your well-being and/or, by extension, others. Take any of the porn, alcohol or drug industries. Previously these had a much more limited influence. Now you can access them simply through a click. Community requires effort, and if you want your society to improve itself, it should have to put in an effort to help one another. Using these tools together, and not letting yourselves get sidetracked by their other purposes help you to be independent. You also want to stop society abusing itself because it can. Technological devices can be useful, but from a spiritual perspective, one has to take care of how they are used for everyone to benefit.
Posted by: AnonymousToo dependent on what?
I'm too dependent on my lungs to provide me with oxygen. If I got rid of them, I could be more self-sufficient.
Same idea with technology.Posted by: AlwaysMoreThanYoutoo dependant
My butt...
We created things to make life easier. What's wrong with that?Posted by: TUFTechnology Has Replaced Almost Everything
Technology is in everything and everywhere. It's in your house, your school, in stores, and even at the park. It's in your shower, in your sprinklers, in your ceiling fans and of course in your iPods, T.V.'s, computers and laptops and smartphones.
We use some form of technology in almost everything we do, yet we've never noticed.
You cook on a stove, right? Warm up something in the microwave? You have both a cold and a hot water tap. You drive or ride in a car, don't you? Technology is all around us.
Technology has replaced things like books and magazines. It's also replaced CDs, tapes, and records. Heck, it's even replaced tape and glue! Now, everything is done digitally. Even shopping!
All this time we spend online or in front of the T.V. etc., is unhealthy. Things like staying on the computer for long periods of time can rewire your brain, and cause depression.
This is not living. To live is to explore the world around us. To live is to take risks and do something dangerous. To live is to go outside and run around in your sprinklers. To live is to stand outside your lover's window while throwing rocks at it. To live is to go out with friends to actually SHOP. To live is to splurge on little things like dinner at a fancy restaurant.
This is not living. Turn off your device. Go outside.
Live.Posted by: AnonymousHave advances in technology improved our lives or are we becoming too dependent?
Clearly, young people who sit in front of computers, playing video games in their spare time, do not get exercise and do not socialize with people their age. Social isolation is not a good thing. In addition, in the age of texting and Twitter, people are losing their ability to write simple English sentences and to reason effectively.
Posted by: AnonymousWe are getting to sucked in to the technical world.
People today use technology for a lot more than they realize. The average person is on an technical device for 2-4 hours, and they are going to be completely lost without it. What happens if we lose technology for a long period of time? People will wish that they paid more attention to this major argument that we have been having for a long time.
Posted by: AnonymousEach generation is becoming dumber.
We are dependent especially on technology. Why on earth would children need iPads or iPhones? It is absurd how much America depends on technology. Each generation is just becoming dumber and dumber. Children are not developing proper skills, and it's truly sad to see how much society is deeming as "okay". No one has any self respect anymore. This world is truly turning into Idiocracy or Wall-e. Seriously, it's sad.
Posted by: AnonymousModern advancements are destroying lives.
Modern advancements have created among us caber bullying. Because of that many people are dying, this digital world is just another problem more for the people to worry about. I believe that we may be more safe if the people would just stop with the modern advancements, it could make a great change among us.
Posted by: AnonymousWho's to define what "too dependent" is, or not?
Our intellect, as well as our understanding of the universe, grows constantly. With this growth, comes new technologies that we can utilize to further what we already know. Was fire too advanced of a technology for our ancestors? Did they come to rely on it too much for cooking food and protection? We use what is available to us. If our technology was stripped away, we might be lost for a while, but we would adapt and grow once more.
Posted by: BigRoderickTechnology is destroying the minds of younger generations.
I am a 15 year old in middle school. Even I have notice how computers, games, and even TV's have been doing it for us all. Kids start to become fat and lazy, soon forget good manners when asked to do something, but most of all throw a tantrum when asked to get off their technological advances. Its making them moodier and even dumber. Schools are even starting to join in the advancement. Instead of reading books for an assignment or going through textbooks to learn a subject, teachers are putting on movies of the books or lesson to "help" them learn. Its destroying us, and making us undependable people, kids and adults. America needs to realize this, because the sooner the better.
Posted by: AnonymousTechnology is giving us an upgrade
With the advancement of technology, people are open to many grey areas in life. In the past, trains and planes are not available to everyone, so people are not able to see different parts of the world. Even though there was ships, horses etc. kind of transport, they still posses a great risk when in usage. So in the modern age technology has taken a great leap to give us safe and accessible mode of transport to other parts of the world.
Posted by: AnonymousTechnology will make us lazy.
Technology has made us very lazy and for one thing is a cause for some of the health problems we have today. So I believe that technology will kill us one day because it is making us lazy. Sure it's helpful to have, when it comes to saving lives, but we wouldn't need it if it wasn't for technology putting us in the situation in the first place.
Posted by: AnonymousWe are becoming too dependent on some technology, and that causes social isolation and inability to do some basic tasks that humans should do.
Clearly, young people who sit in front of computers, playing video games in their spare time, do not get exercise and do not socialize with people their age. Social isolation is not a good thing. In addition, in the age of texting and Twitter, people are losing their ability to write simple English sentences and to reason effectively.
Posted by: AbandonedDeangelo55We don't enjoy the little things anymore.
We have simply conformed to society as it has advanced. Life has been made simpler by technology, but the true meaning of life has been blocked by it. Children today are less imaginative because they let video games and other technology imagine for them. We get this false sense of connection when we go onto social networking sites because humans are supposed to interact face to face so that we can read each other's emotions and connect on a much higher level than through a screen. I do agree that technology has helped us improve our medical field and kept us safe, but it has hindered true relationships with family and friends. What if every piece of technology vanished? How would we survive knowing that our world is practically run by it? I hope you consider how much time technology has consumed your life, and take at least 10% of that time and spend it on someone or something important that can benefit you and others.
Posted by: iseesomethintechnology is a disease
now days people are getting obese. one of the main reason is technoology. for the reason that is technology made our lives easier so we just sit and do no work. back then there was no computer, no internet, no technology, and people were fit and healthy. so therefore technology is a human destroying machine
Posted by: AnonymousLife has become a lot more social online and a lot more non social offline
Each day people buy more technology and get stuck to it. From this kids are becoming obese, more people are needing glasses and the world is becoming a lot more unsocial offline. The world should not be so dependent on technology and instead have fun offline. This is my opinion what's your's?
Posted by: AnonymousTechnology is taking over
We depend entirely too much on technology to do things for us. People are forgetting about all the little things we need to survive in this world. Technology is taking over our world and people are sooner or later going to forget all to do things without technology this world was doing just fine without all this technology we have now. You go to have a computer for everything nowadays to find a job, to homework for school anything and some people can't afford these computers for their home.
Posted by: AnonymousIt's used too much.
What happened to doing things the old fashion way? Researching in books, board games, and writing letters. Technology has opened new roads but this is crazy. Young children having laptops and portable gaming systems, technology is everywhere. Schools are even using computers in every class. What happened to text books? And all this social network stuff. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and so much more.
Posted by: AnonymousTake a Second
There will be a point where you are just sitting on a beach and your phone isn't there. Fifteen years ago, you would just sit back and relax. But, now, you are scrambling around frantically yelling, "Who stole my phone! I need to like Jenny's status or she will think I am a ghost follower! The world is ending!" Sometimes we just need to take a step back and enjoy people and nature for a second before we instagram a photo of a redwood tree (#nofilter #allnatural #imahippy #lovemotherearth)
Posted by: AnonymousTechnological advances have improved our lives more than they detract from them, being that they can actually make our lives healthier.
The most important advance associated with new technology is the Internet. It's much easier for job seekers to find jobs, locate old friends, and stay in touch with friends and family. I can also learn about various subjects I'm interested in online, without finding specific books. The Internet also provides a medium for many to seek out those with similar interests and ideas, while living in an adverse environment. New technology also makes cars safer, creates more opportunities for safety and security, as well as providing ordinary people with the tools to impact the lives of others. Technology can be distracting, but overall, it provides significant benefits for everyone.
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