Negative Effects Of Wall-E

Register to read the introduction… A professor from Stanford University, Clifford Nass, stated, "Kids have to learn about emotion, and the way they do that, really, is by paying attention to other people. They have to really look them in the eye." Most kids these days don't even communicate face-to-face. Texting has become the main form of communication, so when kids get home, how can they look at each other in the eye if they just text? Another study has shown that children's social skills are affected negatively when they multitask with technology. In the movie Wall-E, two guys were shown chatting with each other on a screen, but they were right next to each other! In reality, people are known to text friends that are in the same room as them. Isn't it ironic how the more we try to become socially connected with each other through technology, the more we become socially detached with each other in …show more content…
Will we become like the humans onboard the Axiom in the movie Wall-E? If so, how long do we have to change our predicament? From the information collected, we are probably headed in the direction the humans in Wall-E are now. The movie Wall-E may just be a science fiction movie, but our reality certainly has a lot of parallels with it. One parallel is that there's a link between the advancement of technology and the growing percent of people who are obese. Those chubby humans in the movie became obese because they became consumed in their technology. Humanity right now is becoming heavily dependent on technology, and it's most likely impossible to wean ourselves from it completely. However, we can train ourselves to use technology in moderation. Most of the negative effects technology causes is because it is used too much these days, but the more technology advances, the more humans overuse it. In the next five years, we can expect these effects to become more defined in society. Text claw might become an official health condition, or the next generation might become more socially isolated outside of school. In the next ten or fifteen years, we can expect to see even more health issues and maybe even a decline in academics because of the way technology causes humans' to gain shorter attention spans and lose their focus easier. Possibly in the next twenty years, who knows? A version of the Axiom might even be built or …show more content…
The benefits of technology is obvious with the way it brings convenience, comfort, and entertainment to our lives, but the negative effects it brings are usually overlooked because of the positive effects it gives us. Technology has affected us mentally, socially, and physically and not always in a good way. If we don't do something to help slow down these effects, our future may turn out like the future of the humans in