The Veldt: Does Technology Take Over Our World?

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Has technology taken over our world? Technology has come a long way, like the first tools made from stone, wood, antlers, and bones, 10 million years ago. Technology's been around us forever, it just took some time to spot it. We have made it so far that now we have digital or voice activated tech that distract us from our priorities. Yes, I agree with Bradbury. Increasing reliance on technology leads us to disaster.

As we read the short story, “The Veldt” we saw that parents have made a special nursery for their kids which is simulated to look like whatever they want. It's made to look real with the use of virtual reality technology. Turning “crystal walls” into reality by “dimensional, superreactionary, supersensitive color film and mental
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Ever had those moments where your best friends with someone online and you guys talk a lot? Get ready to say “THANK YOU” to technology because when you finally meet them, you'll forget all the talks you have had with them and be blanked out. Technology has minimized the communication skills needed to have a small conversation with people and has made it awkward. Moreover, the use of technology increases the level of obsession over it. This can cause multiple things such as, lack of physical activity leading to obesity. Anyone who has been to the gym knows this very well, for half the time you’re there, it's mostly spent on being on your phone which defeats the purpose of going to the gym and increasing the chance of obesity. Ordinarily, we believe that there's more pros than cons but there’s one that's the most important, privacy and security risks. We put ourselves into deep risk when we are on technology like cellphones. Nowadays, playing a simple game on our phones requests us to enable our location, that's more dangerous than playing a board game in the middle of an empty alley way. By doing such, we are letting others see where we live and go. It's not just creepy, it's also scary if someone is trying to kill you. leaving your phones or technology for a bit is probably more suitable than getting killed.

We all are surrounded

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