November 24

I think that there is no way that we can totally refuse technology today so we have to find something in between to make it work.
Technology today is a very big part of our lives and very important for many things in which technology has made everything much easier. Like I work in a bank and everything is made on the computer or machines count the money. So technology really helps to take care of everything faster and with more accuracy then a person counting and adding everything up in their heads or having to write it down. So I think technology really helps everyone in this time we are in. Also now that we have cell phones and we have an emergency or a friend or family member have an emergency and need our help they can just make a quick call and get help anywhere, which really helps. It also helps that we never feel alone and can always be talking with someone in the sense that you never have to feel lonely. This really help because almost no one likes to feel like they are lonely or show other people that they are lonely, which is why even when they aren't talking with anyone, they pretend to do so. Like sometimes I have done is when I am sitting waiting for a friend at a restaurant or outside of class. I prefer for people to think that I do have friends instead of letting them think that just because I'm there alone, I have no friends.

There are many problems technology has caused as well so it’s not all a benefit to us. A couple of years people would have to use their brains a lot more and were not so dependent on technology as we are today. Today it’s harder for people to memorize anything from phone numbers to important school information needed for a test. I have met people that don't know their house numbers because they have it saved on the cell phone. Also since everything is done on the phone its harder for people to talk face to face because every time they have talked has been by phone or on the internet. Many times over text messages or on the internet we find a lot of things we can talk about or even insult people and tell them a lot of things, but face to face we are afraid to even say hi and everything gets awkward and have to make excuses to leave fast. So technology has not helped us in every aspect but instead made us shy in front of other people and made us stop using our heads as much as the people from before.

So like everything else in life it has its cons and pros so we should become a little less dependent on it in situations not needed. We should try to communicate more face to face then by text messages and just use phones for situations in which it is really needed like for work or an accident.