In the twenty-first century, we are surrounded by people who have their neck inclined downwards looking at their digital devices and are met with text messages, Facebook notifications, and the latest entertainment videos without a care of bumping into someone. Having silence on the subway because people just want to have earphones in their ears and read their phones than have a face to face communication. As a result of this mass increase in technology that is now incorporated into our social lives for example schools with their educational apps that help kids, teens and young adults comprehend new information that they never knew before and Google that makes every curious question available in an instant, is now mostly having a negative effect
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Dr. Bauerlin states that teens, “Seek out what they already hope to find, and they want it fast and free, with a minimum of effort."(Drutman) I agree that Bauerlin’s statement of wanting things quickly is extremely useful because it sheds insight on the difficult problem of the younger generations wanting things given to us quicker than expected due to social media giving us everything in our hands. This idea intertwines with technology polluting our minds since media is always trying to get the attention of people to get into the fashion norm that younger generations are getting into fast fashion which is purchasing knock off brands from the internet that are trying to represent the actual brand, but it is much cheaper. This type of fast fashion mostly ruins our earth since people are throwing things away since they are not fashionable like they were a day ago. Another point is that people just don’t want to go out since they can see everything from the comfort of their phone which is also breaking the law because of copyright issues. In other words, our brain is polluted that we are forced to use to function properly in society. If we don 't use these digital devices we are known as no one or we are crazy for admiring the talented arts of this universe. Turkle emphasizes, “Those little devices in our pockets, are so psychologically powerful that they don 't only change what we do, they change who we are"(TEDtalks). In making this comment, Turkle argues that all these technologies have a psychological impact on our brains that pollute it to make ourselves happier, for example, a picture on social media that in different
Dr. Bauerlin states that teens, “Seek out what they already hope to find, and they want it fast and free, with a minimum of effort."(Drutman) I agree that Bauerlin’s statement of wanting things quickly is extremely useful because it sheds insight on the difficult problem of the younger generations wanting things given to us quicker than expected due to social media giving us everything in our hands. This idea intertwines with technology polluting our minds since media is always trying to get the attention of people to get into the fashion norm that younger generations are getting into fast fashion which is purchasing knock off brands from the internet that are trying to represent the actual brand, but it is much cheaper. This type of fast fashion mostly ruins our earth since people are throwing things away since they are not fashionable like they were a day ago. Another point is that people just don’t want to go out since they can see everything from the comfort of their phone which is also breaking the law because of copyright issues. In other words, our brain is polluted that we are forced to use to function properly in society. If we don 't use these digital devices we are known as no one or we are crazy for admiring the talented arts of this universe. Turkle emphasizes, “Those little devices in our pockets, are so psychologically powerful that they don 't only change what we do, they change who we are"(TEDtalks). In making this comment, Turkle argues that all these technologies have a psychological impact on our brains that pollute it to make ourselves happier, for example, a picture on social media that in different