Throughout history people have been advancing with technology. In many science fiction novels and movies often show that technology advances. Especially in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. Throughout the book The Giver they invade their privacy by watching them and controlling them. In the book the people don't have a say in anything and is the disobey they will release them from the community. This has started to happen in real life drones watching us cameras everywhere and so much more. In the world now a days all we do is use technology and its disconnecting us from the world and doing more harm than good. In the book The Giver technology is not beneficial to the people in the community. People in the book are always getting told
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This could help in many thing like catching bad guys but this is scary that drones can see where you are at all times and can watch every move that you take. That isn't the only drone they are working on "They can peek through windows, fly into buildings and sit, undetected, in corners or other small spaces. Their size and silence means they potentially can be used for spying" (Opinion Drones Possess Unique Challenges). This is very scary seeing that almost microscopic drones can fly through windows and watch you from somewhere in your house. When many teenagers get there car the parents "installed a device that records video whenever she makes driving mistakes. It's called a DriveCam" (Tracking Teens). This is a big point in a kids life and the parents don't even let them have any freedom to do what they want. Even though "many felt the devices infringed upon the trust they had with their children" (Tracking Teens). It has shown that people with the Drive Cam had improved skills on the road but they give the kids no privacy. In real life there is technology that doesn't help us but instead hurts us. Overall technology is non beneficial for society. Clearly Lois Lowry is trying to tell us that in the giver technology isn't good and at a point technology is to much. And in the Giver everyone was monitored and told what to do. Technology isn't just hurting people in the book but also in real life, in real life technology effects people every day. Technology is all around us and is always watching us and hurting us with drones and other advanced technology. Obviously technology is doing more harm than good in society
This could help in many thing like catching bad guys but this is scary that drones can see where you are at all times and can watch every move that you take. That isn't the only drone they are working on "They can peek through windows, fly into buildings and sit, undetected, in corners or other small spaces. Their size and silence means they potentially can be used for spying" (Opinion Drones Possess Unique Challenges). This is very scary seeing that almost microscopic drones can fly through windows and watch you from somewhere in your house. When many teenagers get there car the parents "installed a device that records video whenever she makes driving mistakes. It's called a DriveCam" (Tracking Teens). This is a big point in a kids life and the parents don't even let them have any freedom to do what they want. Even though "many felt the devices infringed upon the trust they had with their children" (Tracking Teens). It has shown that people with the Drive Cam had improved skills on the road but they give the kids no privacy. In real life there is technology that doesn't help us but instead hurts us. Overall technology is non beneficial for society. Clearly Lois Lowry is trying to tell us that in the giver technology isn't good and at a point technology is to much. And in the Giver everyone was monitored and told what to do. Technology isn't just hurting people in the book but also in real life, in real life technology effects people every day. Technology is all around us and is always watching us and hurting us with drones and other advanced technology. Obviously technology is doing more harm than good in society