following topics. Write an eight-sentence paragraph that fully develops the topic. a. Following instructions is very important. b. Advances in technology are making people less social. A high school diploma is important to my future. d. College is not for everyone. e. Drunk driving can be stopped Answer : b Advances in technology are making people less social. It is
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Madison Messina Mr. sherry English 101 How technology has affected us Even though today’s technology makes our lives easier‚ technology also has its downfalls. Humans are much lazier than they have ever been‚ and there are more lost jobs because computers are taking over and doing work for us. For example‚ the other day my friend just lost her job doing customer service because the computer operators are now doing the customer service. People have become more dependent on cell phones
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Technology Brings Us Too Much Convenience The increasing development of technology has brought modern people efficiency and convenience‚ yet the growth of technological advancements has negatively influenced the social interactions of individuals because it isolates them from reality‚ hinders communication‚ and perpetuates the concept of immediate satisfaction. The technological era is a symbol of highly commercialistic and well-developed society because it costs ultimate knowledge and money to
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videos to entertain us for six seconds. Is the internet slowly decaying our brain? Author‚ Steven Pinker does not believe so; he argues that technology is “the only thing that will keep us smart.” It is not the internet fault for human’s stupidity. However‚ author Nicolas Carr asserts that “our intelligence will flatten into artificial intelligence” (44) ultimately disagreeing with Pinker’s statement.
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Robots: Future Technologies and How They Will Effect Us Robots: Future Technologies and How They Will Effect Us. What will life be like in fifty years? Will our home life be more comfortable? Will our jobs become easier? Will our health become better due to new technology? It is most likely to turn out this way. According to scientist‚ robots will be doing our yard work‚ taking over some of our jobs‚ and monitoring our health on a daily basis. Does this sound unbelievable? This might
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The Internet has resulted in a generation of lazy young people The internet is a source used for everyday life‚ and everything from social networking to researching and gaming‚ but due to the limitless possibilities it is a resulting cause of pure laziness. The younger generation might find themselves unable to go a day‚ yet alone days‚ without using the internet in some form whether that be using a cell phone‚ tablet‚ etc. The internet is a resulting cause of laziness because of easy access‚
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Technology Make Us More Alone Nowadays‚ technology has become part of our life. People spend greater time on using technology such as television‚ smartphone‚ computer‚ and Internet. People use technology with reasons to be more comfortable in their life. They use technology whether to entertain‚ communicate‚ studying‚ or doing job. This show that technology brings a lot of benefits to our life however not only benefit it also bring outcomes such as loneliness. Nowadays people are more likely to use
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Stephen Marche: is Facebook making us lonely? “Is Facebook making us lonely?” In an article for The Atlantic magazine‚ Stephen Marche explores a few articles‚ expert opinion and even quotes a scientist in his quest to answer this question. The article has an overall negative tone. Although Facebook is the most well-known and widely used social media site‚ is it really the culprit? I do not think so. If being lonely is something we can control‚ then we have to read this and reflect. That is‚ of
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In the article‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is making us less attentive and overall less intelligent‚ Which in his opinion is making us "dumber". Carr’s article refers to a growing body of scientific work to prove his point. A study conducted at Cornell University revealed that while some areas such as visual-spatial intelligence are increased by internet use‚ "new weaknesses in higher-order cognitive processes‚" such as "abstract vocabulary‚ mindfulness‚ reflection‚ inductive problem
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Summary of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr As the internet offers us the benefits of quick and easy knowledge‚ it is affecting the brain’s capacity to read longer articles and books. Carr starts Is Google Making Us Stupid with the closing scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey when Dave taking apart the memory circuits that control HAL‚ the artificial brain of the ship. Carr feels the time he spends online is rewiring his brain. He is no longer able to concentrate long
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