How Technology Is Affecting Our Lives

Technology is everywhere from the buzzing movie sets of Hollywood to the old winding dirt roads in the Blue Ridge Mountains. There are more technological things in the world than you would think. It is in our homes, schools, and even in our cars. The average person uses technology everyday and does not even know they are using it. From the shower you took this morning in your home, to the tracking devices your local farmer uses on his cattle, it is all over. Technology is a double edged sword, but the evil overtakes the good as it ruins our health, lowers our social skills, and puts us in danger.
Advancements in electronics are ruining our health. One way electronics are slowly killing us is through radiation. Radiation is a deadly chemical …show more content…
Young adults walking through the city streets: looking at their phones missing little adventures and chances to meet their soul mate. Our interaction with others is declining as well. Computers, tablets, and cell phones are causing us to be more isolated by closing ourselves off, Katie liked to type on her laptop, and she would lock herself in her room and stare at the screen for hours on in. she missed family events, school dances, and opportunities to hangout with friends. When she came out of her room she would not interact with people, all she would think about was typing. If Katie had limited her typing habit she would be able to interact with people. Yo dawg is a sentence many of us have heard before. This is slang; slang comes from shortening sentences down to make typing/talking easier. Texting slang has become such a habit it comes out in our everyday conversations now. On the Kardashians Khloe was talking to Kim and started using text lingo with her. Kim then used it back; they then had a whole conversation using it. When we use text lingo our grammar skills decrease making our I.Q’s …show more content…
IBM supercomputer Watson showed awareness when he began using filthy words; such as curse words, and dirty slang. His maker had no idea how he was learning the words but Watson used them in almost every sentence. His maker eventually found out Watson was learning the words from Urban Dictionary. He then disabled Watson from accessing Urban Dictionary. Another example of a computer becoming self aware is in the movie HER. In this move Joaquin Phoenix plays a lonely man named Theodore who purchases a computer as a companion. When the computer starts going through his email and internet history she finds out that he and his wife are no longer together. Samantha the computer then falls in love with Theodore and grows human feelings towards him. Why is it bad for technology to become self aware? If technology becomes aware who knows what they will do to the human