Group C2
Reading and Writing IV
Argumentive essay-rough draft
Date: 03.01.2012 People Have Become Overly Dependent on Technology What do you think your life would be like without technology? We live in a technologically civilized society, and most of the things we do depend on technology. Ultimately, we can say that ,"living without technology is like living without air". Our lifestyles change each time a new invention is created. In my opinion the most influential technologies are telephones, televisions, cars, and computors. The main purpose of these inventions is to make our life easier. For example, work easier to do and communicate more quickly. We can research items quickly by using the internet; communicate with people from different parts of world within seconds. Although technology has its benefits, people have become too dependent on it. Machines have taken many jobs that people can do themselves. One of examples is computer. Computers have taken over many human jobs. For instance, we do not write articles or other documnts by hand. We use computer, and type them. another example is that we rely on calculators. we do not count in our minds even if it is easy to count in mind. I think this depenedemce has a negative impact in our memory skills. Dependence on technology makes people lazy and moveless. We do not go to the library because we have internet, where we can find information that we need in a short time. Instead of meeting with friends outside and walking with them we conserve via facebook, myspace and other sytes. Some people even text each other being in the same place. We do not go to the store to buy things that we neet, instead we order them from internet, just sitting in the room, without going anywhere. In my opinion it makes people lazier. Nowadays technology does no do only work for us, it also people’s main intertainment. For instance, in the