Analysis Of Are We Addicted To Technology? By Zoe Kleinman

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In the article “Are We Addicted to Technology?” author Zoe Kleinman she talks about how technology is consuming us. It causes people to fall in a stage of exhaustion and lowers their productivity.Kleinman consulted Dr. Ramlakhan said that using too much technology will affect our sleep schedule. Dr.Ramlakhan states “They go to sleep but they wake up tired.” I believe that she is effective, because i myself sleep but wake up tired. Technology makes people want to multitask. People think they can do more than they really can’t. Correlates that people lose a sense in their brain that makes them do more than they can, and then don't get anything done. I don't think she is effective because people usually get their multitasking from their personality.

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