America's Dependence On Technology
Technology
Aaron Ivanovich
Kevin Maevers
November 16, 2010
As the world moves on, technology gets better and better. As we have all heard, technology is the future. Well if we continue down the path technology is setting for us then it might not be much of a future. Laziness is one of the huge problems that technology has brought about. Americas dependency on technology has left us crippled in a sense. When searching for a job for instance. You no longer even need to leave the house to apply for a job. Used to be you would have to go get a newspaper so you could browse through the job ads. Then you would have to go to the company in order to receive an application. Now you don’t ever have to step out of the house. You can wake up …show more content…
Technology is a big part to blame for that situation. “The washing is done automatically, meals can be cooked in the microwave at the press of a button, mobile phones allow us to send instant messages, the internet lets us see family and friends in other countries, and while this all takes place the obesity crisis escalates” (Waldron, 2010. Para. 2). There is no way that this is a coincidence. Since you do not have to leave the house anymore to do anything, people don’t. just getting out and walking to the mailbox to send out a letter is some exercise. “You can go shopping by seat of your comfy computer chair” (Logan, 2010. P.1). Even grocery shopping has become an online task. In theory this should free more time up for people so they could go for a run a run or hit the gym. But like I said, in theory. By using these systems people have become dependant and lazier. They don’t want to leave the house for anything. They sit around and find new ways to get out of everyday tasks that require you to go …show more content…
It makes tasks to easy to accomplish. There is no more pride in a job well done. No overwhelming feel of accomplishment because we didn’t really even complete anything. We watched a machine do it. Staying in shape was not necessarily a chore either. Going to work and doing your job was exercise. You were moving around all day, not just standing there. You should not hate technology though. It is not the whole problem. People are the problem really, we need to realize not to rely on technology for everything.
RESOURCES
Freyda, T. (2010, Month Day). Is Technology Making us Lazy? []. Message posted to http://www.helium.com/items/1611489-technology-is-making-us-lazy
GlahES, . (2007, Month Day). Technology: creating lazy or smart humans?, []. Message posted to http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread312869/pg1
Logan, T. (2010, Month Day). Is Technology Making us Lazy? []. Message posted to http://www.helium.com/items/1673497-is-technology-making-us-lazy
Waldron, R. (2010, Month Day). Is Technology Making us Lazy? []. Message posted to
Aaron Ivanovich
Kevin Maevers
November 16, 2010
As the world moves on, technology gets better and better. As we have all heard, technology is the future. Well if we continue down the path technology is setting for us then it might not be much of a future. Laziness is one of the huge problems that technology has brought about. Americas dependency on technology has left us crippled in a sense. When searching for a job for instance. You no longer even need to leave the house to apply for a job. Used to be you would have to go get a newspaper so you could browse through the job ads. Then you would have to go to the company in order to receive an application. Now you don’t ever have to step out of the house. You can wake up …show more content…
Technology is a big part to blame for that situation. “The washing is done automatically, meals can be cooked in the microwave at the press of a button, mobile phones allow us to send instant messages, the internet lets us see family and friends in other countries, and while this all takes place the obesity crisis escalates” (Waldron, 2010. Para. 2). There is no way that this is a coincidence. Since you do not have to leave the house anymore to do anything, people don’t. just getting out and walking to the mailbox to send out a letter is some exercise. “You can go shopping by seat of your comfy computer chair” (Logan, 2010. P.1). Even grocery shopping has become an online task. In theory this should free more time up for people so they could go for a run a run or hit the gym. But like I said, in theory. By using these systems people have become dependant and lazier. They don’t want to leave the house for anything. They sit around and find new ways to get out of everyday tasks that require you to go …show more content…
It makes tasks to easy to accomplish. There is no more pride in a job well done. No overwhelming feel of accomplishment because we didn’t really even complete anything. We watched a machine do it. Staying in shape was not necessarily a chore either. Going to work and doing your job was exercise. You were moving around all day, not just standing there. You should not hate technology though. It is not the whole problem. People are the problem really, we need to realize not to rely on technology for everything.
RESOURCES
Freyda, T. (2010, Month Day). Is Technology Making us Lazy? []. Message posted to http://www.helium.com/items/1611489-technology-is-making-us-lazy
GlahES, . (2007, Month Day). Technology: creating lazy or smart humans?, []. Message posted to http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread312869/pg1
Logan, T. (2010, Month Day). Is Technology Making us Lazy? []. Message posted to http://www.helium.com/items/1673497-is-technology-making-us-lazy
Waldron, R. (2010, Month Day). Is Technology Making us Lazy? []. Message posted to