Argumentative Essay On Cell Phones

When was the last time someone was on their phone while talking to you? When was the last time you went a day without looking at a screen? Just like majority of the world your answer so long ago that you cannot remember. With that being said, electronics are a first world necessity that a majority of privileged people cannot live without. New and improving technologies have made their way into the hands of millions around the world in the form of tablets, smartphones, etc. These imperative objects further the world’s access to information and boosts communication through means of search engines and social media; however, when there is a good equally present is a bad. So the question left to answer is, should the world rely so heavily modern

In addition, Turkle makes a claim that, “...the moment that people are alone, even for a few seconds, they become anxious, they panic, they fidget, they reach for a device.” The ability to be without a device for a long time period is decreasing. Along with that, people start to show symptoms of withdrawals once they are away from their phone for long time periods. This is unhealthy, because if there ever becomes a time where there are not any of these technologies half of our society will not be able to function. That being said, since people are so attached to their cellphone it is becoming a part of the social identities that people

Carr argues with the claim that “…something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory” (934). Since we are able to get information in nearly seconds there is no need to actually think. Instead of spending multiple minutes trying to solve a math problem, we are able to receive the answer multiple minutes trying to solve a math problem, we are able to receive the answer a couple of seconds after the problem has been put into the search engine. This is letting us not have to think critical, because why think when you don’t have