I can see it and
I know you all see it too. Technology has ruined our society.
We have grown to
rely on it more than ever. For instance, if you wanted to know how to make some
kind of piñata for an upcoming event, all you have to do is type it into Google
and voilà—you now have 50,000+ results. Nowadays, that’s
what everyone does. People manipulate different search engines everyday especially
on their smartphones for the rather simple things in life.
Think about it. Are
you always on your phone when your hanging out with family and friends? Are you
the type of person to text your friend who is sitting just a couple feet away?
Do you rely on your phone or any technological device more than anything? Is
your phone lighting up with notifications and drawing you away from
responsibilities right at this moment?
I think technology
has ruined our age. We have learned to depreciate the things that tend to make
us the most content.
The little
things.
“Everything I
think of when I think of really living, living to the full--- all my ideas are
just the opening credits of sitcoms. See what I mean? My idea of life, it’s
what happens when they’re rolling the credits. My god. What am I, without the
feed? It’s all from the feed credits” (Anderson 217).
In the novel,
Violet starts listing the things she wants to do before her time comes. It was
a list of things that were time consuming and fun do with your friends, family,
and loved ones without the appearance of technology. They were things that
would make her and actually anyone feel more alive then they already are. It’s
crazy to think that our own society can’t go into the public without using our
phones for less than ten minutes. For instance, we use our phone daily to take
pictures of our food, to use maps when we are slightly lost, to look up things
to do and see, or even just to check up on other people’s feeds on social
media.
It’s the little
things like that that distract us from what is really important.
"Technology overuse takes an
immeasurable toll on our ability to give time to the things that are most
important in our lives - friends, family, good food, our communities and
ourselves.”
In an article titled, Friends Don’t Let Friends Overuse Technology they talk about how
people are over using technology and it takes them away from the things that
really matter. Its not just in this article that it’s a problem—it’s a worldwide
epidemic. Yes. I said it. It’s an epidemic.
Me personally, I couldn’t imagine a life without directly communicating
with the people I care about verbally. I think that technology ruins our
ability to make connections with those around us. For instance in the book, no
one can really talk to each other without their feed and no one can relate to
the simplest things because they are being told what to do and what to think
all the time.
Now, that I think of it… Is technology brain washing us? Are
we conforming with what our society wants rather than what we want ourselves?
Do you see how and why this is becoming an epidemic?
In the article by PR Newswire, they developed a plan to help
other reconnect. They said, “It’s for people of all
backgrounds as a way to bring some balance to the increasingly fast-paced way
of life and to reclaim time to connect with family, friends, the community and
ourselves(PR Newswire).” I think this is a wonderful way to redevelop the loss
connection between people because of technology.
Life is short. We don’t always get to chose
the life we want, but I think it’s the people rather than the technology that’s
in our hands that keep us grounded. It’s the human connections that make us who
we are and make us content. Last question that I will pose, who would you be
without the use of technology at the tip of your finger and how would that effect
the people around you?
Prompt 4
Sonthavy Kem
Works Cited
Anderson, M. T.
Feed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2002. Print.
PR, Newswire. “Friends
Don’t Let Friends Overuse Technology.” PR Newswire US 19 Mar. 2012: Regional
Business News. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
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