Distracted By Technology

Footb In June of 2014, 561 billion texts were sent worldwide. Obviously that is a rounded figure, but that brings us to approximately 18.7 billion text messages are sent around the world daily. A recent study has revealed that an average person spends approximately 90 minutes a day on their phone. That may not sound like very much but that amounts up to 23 days a year and 3.9 years of an average person's life is spent staring at their phone screen. So obviously we spend a lot of time on our phones, but there is a lot of other technology that we use and spend a large amount of time on. So, do you think we are distracted by technology? I think we are distracted by technology because it is everywhere. There are TVs in restaurants, stores, different rooms in houses, and schools. We always have our phones with us and can use them at any time. The schools use computers for assignments and teaching. Technology is everywhere and is available to pretty much anyone and it is getting out of hand.

We are also distracted because checking our devices has become second nature. We always have them with us so if it goes off we just feel like we have to check it immediately. It has become virtually impossible to hear a notification and not check it, it just becomes a habit. It has become a problem when we check it and we are

We use technology for everything practically. People use technology to carry out even the simplest everyday tasks, instead of writing we type and instead of working out a math problem we use a calculator. We are distracted by technology because we use it way too much. Also because it is everywhere and we depend way too much on it to complete our simple everyday tasks. We are distracted and it has become a problem, with the texting and driving, people are dying because when our phone goes off and we are driving and we just feel we have to check it and so them we wreck and people get