Technology Vs Human Interaction

TECHNOLOGY VS. HUMAN INTERATIONS Technology is one of many great inventions of man. In today’s society, technology has become a significant part of human daily life. Social media, the internet, email, and genetic engineering are all under the big umbrella of advanced technology. In general, the purpose of social media is to connect people from around the world, and genetic information is to help people with incurable diseases. However, with the power of social media, people has become less active by spending more time and effort on the phones, instead of interacting with a real person. Furthermore, with the help of genetic engineering, people are able to alter their appearance, even change their identity by injecting different genes into …show more content…
Babies who are born with HLHS will not be able to survive. The doctor advises Gary and Carolyn to try gene therapy, which will fix Denny’s heart. Gary hesitates to have gene therapy done on his baby, but Carolyn immediately accepts the treatment as she does not want her baby to suffer. Then, Gary recalls that Denny has a normal childhood, with full of happiness and love from his family. It seems that the gene therapy not only fixes Denny’s heart, but also makes him a quick learner. When Denny is in kindergarten, Gary learns that instead of memorizing the book, Denny certainly knows how to read a full page of “Stan the Hotdog Man”, the story that Gary has repetitively read to Denny. When Denny is in second grade, his teacher praises that he is a pro in reading, but is not so good with numbers. Gary thinks it is just some kind of hereditary that Denny gets from him, as Gary is never too good at math. The teacher suggests tutoring for Denny, but Carolyn is so concerned about her son performance compared with his peers, she denies tutoring. Instantly, she thinks about a new injection gene therapy that helps strengthen a child’s brain power and is supposed to make a person smarter. After Dr. Mendel thoroughly explains how the new gene injection does …show more content…
Social media is a double-edged sword, not only it can make someone become well-known, but it also can create troubles to another. Social media has gone viral with the instant sharing of news, videos, pictures. If anything major is happening in the other half of the Earth, thanks to the power of social media, we would be able to learn about it promptly. Because of its instant nature, the news spreads out quickly but I am not so sure if the information is trustworthy. Nowadays, when I go out to the restaurants, I notice people do not have the desire to talk their group or partner anymore, but they like to play on their phones and looking at social media sites, or to check to see if their picture grows any likes, or if their stories are being shared. It is not only in the restaurant where cell phones and social media being used, but also everywhere. For instance, Sherry Turkle, a speaker of “Connected, but Alone?” TEDTalk,