Could You Live With Less By Stephanie Mills Analysis

In “Could You Live with Less”, Stephanie Mills states her reason of rejecting the use of advanced technologies. As a freelance writer with unstable income, she can only afford the technologies just for her basic need. She is proud to live with a simple life without technologies dominating it. She enjoys doing things with her efforts, for example splitting firewood in the wintertime. Her knowledge that technology brings damages to planet and most of its people, and the influence of others who are questioning technology and fighting to preserve the nature motivate her to live simply. I agree with her that technology have a few negative impacts on us. There are more and more people chasing after the technology trends, for example Apple iPhones. Some are now slaves to the technology. They spend lots of money for a better laptop or a new trendy smartphone, even when their current devices are still functioning perfectly. Some of my friends who are the ‘Apple fans’ willing to pay a great amount of money to buy every new release product from the Apple Company. They are addicted to the technology. My aunt noticed
With the development of technology, there are endless numbers of convenient tools and machines that help us to deal with the daily tasks. I can do everything just with my finger clicking the buttons on the machines. I wash clothes with laundry machines, wash dishes with the dishwasher, and clean the floor with the high-tech vacuum. However, technology is slowly replacing human intelligence. When technology is not as widespread as now, I usually visit the library, look through books and articles to search for answer to the question. With the advanced technology, people no longer need to think, they could just type the question and the internet will immediately provide the answer for you. Thinking is no longer the patent for us. Since technology can do all the things for me, I become lazy physically and