Technologically Advanced or just Really Dependent?

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Around the Christmas season, holiday commercials dominate television stations. Not too often will you see an advertisement for a scooter, basketball, or sidewalk chalk. It’s all about the latest and greatest cell phone, tablet, or movie. Whether it’s aimed at an adult, teenager or child, the audience has something technological shoved in their face. As a twenty year old, it’s hard to recall the time where cell phones, GPS, and On Demand didn’t exist. I vaguely remember my mother carrying around her beeper, and answering the ‘house phone’. Children would rather play video games these days than ride bikes, and teenagers document their everyday routines and experiences to the world on twitter and facebook. American society uses technology to function. Smart phones, coffee makers, microwaves, cars, computers- they’re all part of everyday life that for the most part require electricity. Technology has led our world to vast discoveries that remained a mystery for thousands of years prior, and has helped create processes that are quicker than doing it by hand. Technology certainly makes life easier, but does it also make society lazy and dependent? I often see inspirational photos posted on twitter by my peers, some of them saying “Live in the Moment” decorated in teens throwing their hands up expressing freedom. However, my generation is not living in the moment. We are always thinking about how the current moment will affect the next moment, like will this picture get a lot of “likes”? Technology is negatively impacting the younger generations by demolishing mindfulness, and creating a sense of laziness and constant dependency on everything but ourselves. Apple releases a new phone every year, encouraging consumers to ditch their yea... ... middle of paper ... ...://www.mnn.com/green-tech/gadgets-electronics/stories/7-signs-we-are-too-dependent-on-technology>. Kaleidoscope-UABkscope.com. Aug-17-12. University of Alabama @ Birmingham. 3-23-14 < http://studentmedia.uab.edu/2012/08/america-has-become-too-dependent-on-technology/>. Kelsea Burns. “Teens are too dependent on technology." May 20, 2013. Green Pride. 3-23-14 < http://www.dhsnews.org/opinion/2013/05/20/teens-are-too-dependent-on-technology/>. Robert Hart. “Technology - a dangerous dependency?" The Cambridge Student 2013. Date of Posting/Revision. 3-24-2014< http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/comment/0025783-technology-a-dangerous-dependency.html>. Jason Schmitt. "Downloading IQ, Uploading Apprehension." TED Weekends. Posted: 12/29/2012 1:20 PM Updated: 12/29/2012. Huffington Post. 3-24-2014 < http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-schmitt/cyborg-utopia-downloading_b_2365490.html>.

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