Many remember the movie WALL-E, consisting of a world that had become a barren waste land, with nothing but scattered garbage and pollutants everywhere. The environment had been completely destroyed, and scientist deemed that Earth was no longer safe to be inhabited. Therefore, they sent the entire population into space, leading to them living their lives through technological devices. Everyone was bed ridden, relying on robots to perform their daily tasks for them. There was no more conversing, or having hobbies, or having fun and laughing with friends and family, or participating in activities, or going outside and feeling the sunlight on your skin, or traveling the world and seeing beautiful places and things like crystal blue waters and
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Large industries are constantly competing against each other to create technology that is "new" and "better." Industries such as Mac and Windows produce new phones, computers, iPads, tv's, etc every year, and a large portion of the world supports this with open arms. Originally, technologies like these provided a simpler an easier and quicker way to communicate with others and share information around the world. But now, we've entered a generation where the Internet has genuinely become an online world. People, teens especially, have become so wrapped up in technology; constantly snapping a quick pic to post, or trying to how many likes and comment or followers they can get. At first, this appeared harmless, but now the obsession with technology has become alarming. Now, "Young people aged between 16 and 24 spend more than 27 hours a week on the internet" (Anderson 1). Not only is this distracting people from their real lives, but it is also causing serious health issues. "Over the past 35 years, obesity rates have more than doubled. Now, average American is more than 24 pounds heavier today than in 1960" (Wood 1). To make matters even worse, the sudden rise in usage of technology is also destroying our environment. As of 2014, 49% of toxic air pollution is caused by the generation of
Large industries are constantly competing against each other to create technology that is "new" and "better." Industries such as Mac and Windows produce new phones, computers, iPads, tv's, etc every year, and a large portion of the world supports this with open arms. Originally, technologies like these provided a simpler an easier and quicker way to communicate with others and share information around the world. But now, we've entered a generation where the Internet has genuinely become an online world. People, teens especially, have become so wrapped up in technology; constantly snapping a quick pic to post, or trying to how many likes and comment or followers they can get. At first, this appeared harmless, but now the obsession with technology has become alarming. Now, "Young people aged between 16 and 24 spend more than 27 hours a week on the internet" (Anderson 1). Not only is this distracting people from their real lives, but it is also causing serious health issues. "Over the past 35 years, obesity rates have more than doubled. Now, average American is more than 24 pounds heavier today than in 1960" (Wood 1). To make matters even worse, the sudden rise in usage of technology is also destroying our environment. As of 2014, 49% of toxic air pollution is caused by the generation of