Technology has affected the world today in so many different ways. Today, instead of toddlers to play with coloring pencils and watercolors, they fiddle with iPads and other electronics. Also, people of older generations have no choice but to adapt to modern technology. It is often said by philosophers, that technology is a developing field of science. When it comes to this topic, most of us will readily agree that technology has made living generally easier, by making what the world has to offer more accessible wherever you are. Where this argument usually ends however, is on the question, “are people overdependent on technology?” Whereas some are convinced that it is in the favor of the good of the people, others maintain that it shall lead to self-destruction. Today technology has made a great population of the people dependent on it, the average human can’t go twenty-four hours without it.
The list on the things technology has altered goes on. Money transactions can be made online by the process of what is known as online banking. This means persons do not have to go to the bank in order to receive, send or redraw money. If something goes wrong and the internet is down, people who make money for a living online will be rather helpless. Also, the fact that the security of the president of the United States of America is dependent on technology as much as it is on the agents of the secret service is not something the citizens will want to have knowledge on.
Of course, followers of both Tim cook and Bill Gates will probably suggest otherwise and argue that people of today are not overdependent of technology on the grounds that technology has giving the people electronic devices and the internet which makes living much easie...
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...s they fantasize about the newest and fastest technology becoming available, America will start to lack the spark of paradise that was once called “The New World.”
In conclusion, for those who are overdependent on technology, they can become paralyzed when technology is unavailable and for that of a country, it will be left open to threats. Our reliance on technology today can only lead to a fully technological future, and this is not conducive for human beings.
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