Creative Writing: How Technology Changes Our Lives

Technology changes everybody 's lives. There are so many ways that it changes each person 's life and there are good and bad reasons for each one. Since kids are now just as caught up as the adults, or farther than adults in the technology world, it is changing fast. Although technology has many glitches and downfalls, it helps our world stay connected and the benefits far outweigh the issues with technology. Social media has so many positive aspects such as keeping the world connected. A lot of teenagers will agree with me that anyone born after 1999 is more comfortable with technology than adults. Technology has many benefits. Kaplan and Haenlein state that, "The term social media encompasses Internet-based applications that help consumers share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives" (qtd in Richter 448). "There are many different types of social media apps that hospitals could use for their benefit, and they use all or most of them" (Richter 451). Social media opens up …show more content…
But social media and technology is a big positive in our world. People kind of take advantage of social media when they talk to a lot of people or have a lot of followers. And there are things now that 's can promote you and you can gain more followers from random things. They can get so caught up in having more of a life online rather than in real life. When they get so caught up in it, they start tweeting or posting everything about their lives. They say everything online about themselves so then when it comes to talking to someone in person, they may not even have stuff to talk about. That 's what is wrong with our society in today 's world. We get so caught up in social media that it controls a lot of our lives. It 's not everyone that is caught up in it, but there are quite a few that