Examples Of Dependence On Technology

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In today’s world, most of the things change every minute and a new discovery is made every day to make our life easier. All the newest technologies are discovered to benefit everybody in each and every way. Technology brings several changes to our every day’s life. Some of these changes are positive, but some are damaging been dangerous to the environment. Mostly people have become overly dependent on technology. Technology has taken the special connection out of people. We now text, Facebook, twitter, etc. Technology has helped in several technical and medicinal developments. However, like all things that work for themselves, we have advanced these technologies to be our helps. Technology can actually terminate the world if put in the wrong …show more content…
Although, this is an advancement that saves lives, we have forgotten the human touch that decreases the stress and fear of the human. We have forgotten what human touch and understanding can do for the spirit of man. This may not be able to cure cancer. However, it can cure a broken heart.
We have become so dependent on technology it has been a support on common sense. Let’s think about what can go wrong when technology gets in the improper hands? Nuclear energy is used to give power to millions of people universal. Left in the wrong hands we had one of the most shocking disasters happened. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States set up two nuclear weapons technologically advanced by the Manhattan Project. American airmen dropped Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, followed by Fat Man over Nagasaki on 9 August.
“Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by

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