Emotion is the motivation behind some of man 's’ greatest accomplishments; in fact, the root word of both emotion and motivation is the Latin movete, to move. Emotion has undoubtedly been the defining factor between humans and technology until this point, but if we continue on the same path, there may well be no difference between us and the technology we built. One may contend that emotions and social media are mutually inclusive, so it would be impossible, with the popularity of social media, for people to lose all emotion as a result of technology, but it’s simply not true. Our social instincts are precisely what is driving our “merge” with technology. As Carr writes, “While this cybernetic blurring of mind and machine may allow us to carry out certain cognitive tasks far more efficiently, it poses a threat to our integrity as human beings.” (Carr, 214) Emotion is key in maintaining social order, and therefore plays a role in preserving
Emotion is the motivation behind some of man 's’ greatest accomplishments; in fact, the root word of both emotion and motivation is the Latin movete, to move. Emotion has undoubtedly been the defining factor between humans and technology until this point, but if we continue on the same path, there may well be no difference between us and the technology we built. One may contend that emotions and social media are mutually inclusive, so it would be impossible, with the popularity of social media, for people to lose all emotion as a result of technology, but it’s simply not true. Our social instincts are precisely what is driving our “merge” with technology. As Carr writes, “While this cybernetic blurring of mind and machine may allow us to carry out certain cognitive tasks far more efficiently, it poses a threat to our integrity as human beings.” (Carr, 214) Emotion is key in maintaining social order, and therefore plays a role in preserving