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Technology is widely associated with efficiency, growth, and convenience, but does technology actually improve our quality of life? Technology allows people to gather information instantly, listen to any song at any time, and cyber-stalk close friends and distant acquaintances. But, as technology has branched out and become a social networking tool and a breeding ground for efficiency, it seems like we, as humans, have become less social and efficient. We’ve become so reliant on technology that without it, we have regressed as a society. With the invention of things like the iPhone, the problem is getting even worse. Apple’s advertising slogan is, “There’s an app for that.” The problem is that there is actually is an app for that, this, and everything. An iPhone can find the closest In-N-Out, estimate the walk or drive time, provide games to play in the car, and turn off the lights at home that you forgot to turn off, while playing your favorite songs. It takes problem solving out of the equation, an essential skill that is now lacking in people today. Even though it seems like Apple is the driving force behind this problem, they’re not the only ones. |
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Technology is supposed to make life easier, but it doesn’t. Life is exponentially more difficult. The ability to do work faster doesn’t make life easier because more work is expected out of the individual it just comes with the pressure of completely relying on a piece of equipment to function flawlessly, and when it doesn’t, even more pressure comes with fixing it, and fixing it fast. Life was simple fifty years ago. There was no stress over the Internet being down. There were no worries over the printer not working. A pen and paper never broke down, and if one did, it cost ten cents to replace it. Now that we have all this power over the world around us, we use it to make our lives more difficult while consuming the resources of our planet at a much more rapid rate. But where do we draw the line? Innovation in technology shouldn’t stop. There have been some great technological advances that have clearly helped both the human race and the Earth, but there needs to be a happy medium between create without any pause, and completely stopping all together. Cutting back on the production of new technology would allow us to focus on becoming better individual people and hopefully make the world better. |
