“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interactions. The world will have a generation of idiots” Albert Einstein. Technology is a good thing, there are no doubts about that, we save lives that would have already had a grave picked out twenty years ago. But how much tech is too much? Where is the line drawn? I say a good time to stop is when technology is used more in a day than we have physical contact in a week. This is exactly what happens in the story “The Veldt” By Ray Bradbury. Technology decreases quality of life because it detaches them from other, increases their dependency on the technology, and destroyed important social skills. One way that this is shown in the story is that it detaches you from other. The children
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The children couldn’t do everyday task to a terrifying extent although the parents couldn’t do some simple things either. The boy couldn’t tie his own shoes. And the mother couldn’t make her own coffee, she didn’t even know what kind she wanted. The technology was nurturing them, to a point where they stopped trying to figure things out for themselves. Technology was destroying their social skills. The children had trouble holding a conversation longer than to get what they wanted. When the children were trying to get the room turned on the had trouble figuring out what to say to their parents. And when the room was turned on they didn’t say thank you. They turned and ran away to go to the room completely unaware of their parents anymore. Technology was allowing them to speak indirectly to each other, over phone, email, etc, and therefore taking away important social skills that every human being should possess. Technology decreases quality of life by destroying social skills, increasing dependency on technology, and detaching you from others. If there is too much technology in a life you will slowly become obsolete to the world, for it will have no use for you even though you still need it.Technology is used everywhere everyday to help people. That was it’s original intention but it’s a good thing to stop and ask. How much is too
The children couldn’t do everyday task to a terrifying extent although the parents couldn’t do some simple things either. The boy couldn’t tie his own shoes. And the mother couldn’t make her own coffee, she didn’t even know what kind she wanted. The technology was nurturing them, to a point where they stopped trying to figure things out for themselves. Technology was destroying their social skills. The children had trouble holding a conversation longer than to get what they wanted. When the children were trying to get the room turned on the had trouble figuring out what to say to their parents. And when the room was turned on they didn’t say thank you. They turned and ran away to go to the room completely unaware of their parents anymore. Technology was allowing them to speak indirectly to each other, over phone, email, etc, and therefore taking away important social skills that every human being should possess. Technology decreases quality of life by destroying social skills, increasing dependency on technology, and detaching you from others. If there is too much technology in a life you will slowly become obsolete to the world, for it will have no use for you even though you still need it.Technology is used everywhere everyday to help people. That was it’s original intention but it’s a good thing to stop and ask. How much is too