Technology In The Pedestrian

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The world has all different types of technology right now. Technology has influenced the world in some many different ways. There are multiple reasons how and why technology has influenced people in a bad way. Technology changed society from how it used to be to how it is now and will more in likely change again in five years. Technology is creating a society where people are dependent on technology and are taking over people and changing them completely. To begin, people are getting to be dependent on technology. Technology is getting to the point where there are less jobs. In “The Pedestrian,” the police car does not think that writing is a real job. In “The Pedestrian,” the reader can infer that there is no need for police cars because …show more content…

Everyone wants the new IPhone or some other sort of new technology. People think that if they don’t have the newest technology then they will not fit in. Most everyone nowadays has a smart phone. People think without the newest technology they will not survive. There is even technology to get plastic surgery to alter the way people look. Take Harrison for example, he had to wear a mask to alter the way he looks. In the story “Harrison Bergeron,” the readers learn that the more hideous the person is, the more beautiful they are because the story says, “She must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous.” (Vonnegut 41). If people do not like they look then they can just pay a plastic surgeon and basically get a new face. Some people may claim that people are not too dependent on technology. Technology makes tasks easier than doing a task manually. People do not have to go and look at books to find information anymore. However, their claim is incorrect because people need to be able to do tasks without technology. Technology is faster than finding information in books or in textbooks. People can just type a question and get the answer in seconds. It really is not faster because the person doing the research has to make sure the information inaccurate and is not false

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