The Effects Of Technology On Humans

As humans we all see ourselves as empowered people. We all feel as though we are the best of god’s creation and are powerful than any other living organism on this earth. Although out of that how much truth is really there? What makes us feel empowered to other living things when they are as much alive as any human is. Does this mean that we are seen as something different than any other living organisms such as an animal or is the human species animals? The definition of Animals is they are considered “a living organism that eats organic matter and typically have specialized sense organs and nervous systems and are able to respond rapidly to stimuli” (dictionary). The definition categorized humans as animals which we are as the years went …show more content…
Now in the twenty first century technology has been a big change in the world in a good and bad way. As the dominant species over other animals technology could really hurt what we have become because we are so dependent on technology. Like any animal technology does not affect them and they still could do things for long amounts of time unlike humans where there attention spans has decreased. Technology is not only affecting humans personally but environmentally as well which is affecting other animals. When nature comes into the picture technology effects everything. Technology can potentially shut everything down and the issue would be the dominant animal’s fault, which is the humans because they have the most control over the beautiful creation of …show more content…
In my Navajo culture it is said that we were made from mother earth and father sky and the animals were on this earth before mankind was with that cultural story that is why the Navajo people take animal sacred such as the most powerful ones like the eagle we depend on the eagle to give strength and soar and protect the people. Although we eat different animals and use the skin and feathers from them we believe that animals are sacred and are no better or less than a human because they have more spiritual healing than any human has. In the reading by Rebecca Solnit titled The Orbits of Earthly Bodies, “really, it is about how you define nature. I think we have tended to define nature as things to look at and think we’re natural when we’re looking at nature, however unnatural our own circumstances at the time” (Solnit 108). Nature is a beautiful and a natural thing and what makes it more beautiful is the animals and humans that are a part of it. Just like the Navajo culture animals are sacred because without animals the world would be way worse than it is