Self Reliance By Ralph Waldo Emerson

In Emerson's essay, Self- Reliance, he describes how people these days can have their own integrity, but because of the multiple differences and beliefs, there is a less guarantee that they are truly themselves. Society today have what is called a trend when a celebrity or a famous figure starts a trend, everyone else wants to be involved in the trend. In a magazine called, Viewpoint: Did our brains evolve to foolishly follow celebrities?, indicates that “Fame is a powerful cultural magnet. As a hyper-social species, we acquire the bulk of our knowledge, ideas, and skills by copying from others, rather than through individual trial-and-error. However, we pay far more attention to the habits and behaviors demonstrated by famous celebrities …show more content…
Technology today has taken the mind of society, an article from Daily Mail, written by Susan Greenfield, “Electronic devices and pharmaceutical drugs all have an impact on the micro- cellular structure and complex biochemistry of our brains. And that, in turn, affects our personality, our behavior, and our characteristics. In short, the modern world could well be altering our human identity.” Many hide their true selves from everyone else using technology, people can easily make fake accounts in social media to create a profile that is opposite what they truly are. To illustrate, pedophiles and rapists can easily conceal and trick many into believing they are a sixteen-year-old girl or boy, drawing them into a trap. Most can either photoshop their photos easily with filters, giving them a look that makes them look how they want to look, for likes or comments on their post. Many girls use Snapchat filters as a way to conceal the blemishes they have or anything Snapchat provides for them. Snapchat can easily make anyone look prettier than they are in person, needs a few steps and done. Technology has taken a toll on daily lives, people depend on it for resources, without technology life today would be more difficult. A human being minded are unknowingly being controlled by machines and computers. The internet has taken a toll everywhere around cities, school, work, and much more, people need machines for work to count money, to give back change, and to keep count of it, but everyone has become lazy in society. Most lack to ability to speak to another, mostly on their phones texting or on social media. In an article called, How Technology Has Taken Our LIves, explains “We are lacking socialization; instead of talking to and spending time with other people, we are getting all our information from the Internet. The Internet is an amazing resource, but there are