Entertainment vs Alcohol
Your phone rings but you are at the table with your family. What draws your attention away from the dinner conversation you are having with your family? Is it the not knowing who texted you? Is it you want to know more? You are driving and you receive a Snapchat from your best friend. Why do you look? Why do you risk your own life or someone else for so little as your phone. Are we actually “addicted” is the “addiction” serving to help the same purposes as drugs or alcohol or are we simply just a more social era? The word “addicted” from dictonary.com means “devoted or given up to a practice or habit or to something psychologically or physically habit-forming (usually followed by to)” when you are addicted to something basically your brain has three different feelings craving the object, loss of control over its use and continuing involvement no matter the consequences. Since the first studies of addiction in 1930 we have recognized addiction as a …show more content…
The most that might happen is your face to face social interaction might change. You might find yourself constantly wanting to check your phone or wondering who is texting, tweeting and posting pictures. It is human nature to be interested and curious, but your teeth will not fall out as a result from being on your phone too much will not ruin your liver from scrolling through your twitter feed. It is not likely that you will go through a life altering withdraw.
Therefore, no I do not think that entertainment and Alcohol have the same consequences. Fahrenheit 451 has a society that has taken technology to a whole different level people in Fahrenheit 451 are not able to think on their own, they also have a society that is so fast moving. We are not like that in our world, yes we are becoming more technically inclined, but that does not mean that we are going to become like their
Your phone rings but you are at the table with your family. What draws your attention away from the dinner conversation you are having with your family? Is it the not knowing who texted you? Is it you want to know more? You are driving and you receive a Snapchat from your best friend. Why do you look? Why do you risk your own life or someone else for so little as your phone. Are we actually “addicted” is the “addiction” serving to help the same purposes as drugs or alcohol or are we simply just a more social era? The word “addicted” from dictonary.com means “devoted or given up to a practice or habit or to something psychologically or physically habit-forming (usually followed by to)” when you are addicted to something basically your brain has three different feelings craving the object, loss of control over its use and continuing involvement no matter the consequences. Since the first studies of addiction in 1930 we have recognized addiction as a …show more content…
The most that might happen is your face to face social interaction might change. You might find yourself constantly wanting to check your phone or wondering who is texting, tweeting and posting pictures. It is human nature to be interested and curious, but your teeth will not fall out as a result from being on your phone too much will not ruin your liver from scrolling through your twitter feed. It is not likely that you will go through a life altering withdraw.
Therefore, no I do not think that entertainment and Alcohol have the same consequences. Fahrenheit 451 has a society that has taken technology to a whole different level people in Fahrenheit 451 are not able to think on their own, they also have a society that is so fast moving. We are not like that in our world, yes we are becoming more technically inclined, but that does not mean that we are going to become like their