disclosure, as well as negative outcomes, such as social isolation, depression, and cyberbullying” (Nesi and Prinstein, 2015, p. 1428). The article shows us that daily use of technology can have both beneficial and harmful effects on people; it just depends on how often they use and their purpose for using it. If someone is using social media to create this virtual reality, then he or she will most likely end up becoming depressed. For, he or she will find himself or herself constantly comparing themselves to others. People who use social media to connect with friends, who live far away, should be positively affected, as long as they are using technology to grow a relationship, and not to be antisocial.
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Human beings were not created to be alone. Human beings were created for a relationship and to be supported and encouraged by other people. We are supposed to be in relationships with others, which are why prisons and specifically the Eastern State Penitentiary became the first jail to use solitary confinement as a punishment; it is the overall worst punishment. We desire to communicate and interact with other people. According the article, “An Inside Look at Solitary Confinement,” states that people in solitary confinement: “have very limited access to media, very limited access to avenues where they can vent, potentially, their frustrations and find a way to get better themselves or get out of the situation that they’re in” (“An Inside Look,” 2006). Like the article said, people who are in solitary confinement develop depression and ideas about harming themselves, while apart from people; even the most antisocial and introverted people still long to interact with others. The article also states that prisoners, held by solitary confinement, tend to have a hard time interacting with others when the prison releases them; because they have felt disconnected from interacting with people for such a long time, and have forgotten how to act in a society (“An Inside Look,”
Technology Makes People Self-Absorbed …show more content…
Human beings were not created to be alone. Human beings were created for a relationship and to be supported and encouraged by other people. We are supposed to be in relationships with others, which are why prisons and specifically the Eastern State Penitentiary became the first jail to use solitary confinement as a punishment; it is the overall worst punishment. We desire to communicate and interact with other people. According the article, “An Inside Look at Solitary Confinement,” states that people in solitary confinement: “have very limited access to media, very limited access to avenues where they can vent, potentially, their frustrations and find a way to get better themselves or get out of the situation that they’re in” (“An Inside Look,” 2006). Like the article said, people who are in solitary confinement develop depression and ideas about harming themselves, while apart from people; even the most antisocial and introverted people still long to interact with others. The article also states that prisoners, held by solitary confinement, tend to have a hard time interacting with others when the prison releases them; because they have felt disconnected from interacting with people for such a long time, and have forgotten how to act in a society (“An Inside Look,”