Technology And Oppression

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“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology,” quoted by Carl Sagan. Doctors today do not know the full capabilities of our brains or the amount of information it can uphold. No one in the world entirely understands how technology affects the capacity to pay attention or how the amount of data our brain receives oppresses our ability to respond indefinite situations. According to expert’s “today’s youth are able to ascertain between competing facts more accurately, make decisions more quickly, exhibit greater flexibility in employment, and heightened cognitive and analytical skills,” mentioned by the New York Times.
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Technology not only oppresses the amount of information our brain can uphold but also the way we react in certain situations we can see how it has an effect on our everyday lives. “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master,” quoted by Christian Lange. Although, technology may make our lives easier, we expect it to complete our tasks for us. It has warped our society into believing it can only bring positive outcomes and yet we still face serious declines; from how we make decisions to cognitive and analytical skills. Mentioned before experts do not have a complete grasp of how our minds functioning and its capacity but experts do have an understanding on how technology negatively affects our lives. As Albert Einstein said “I fear the day technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” Einstein was warning the future that with the increase of technology comes how humans handle it. Not letting technology twist our way of life. Our society is so content on the idea of mass production, it has not focused on the outcomes of its productivity towards the human brain. “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” The idea that technology will someday exceed human capabilities and take over our complete mindset of our emotional, physical, and mental ways, is exactly what Einstein dreaded. Giving us a clear idea of what the future will hold if we continue to let technology oppress the way the brain operates. The only solution being to create a healthy balance between the amount of technology we consume a day and the amount we face without

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