Technology's Dependence On Technology In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

The feeling of thin paper in between your fingers as you flip the page and even the sound of a pen roughly scratching against paper are simple pleasures that the next generation will not experience. Our society’s dependence on technology is taking its toll on people 's minds and dimming the world’s future. Our intelligence and innovation are slowly being wiped away. With a lack of basic human knowledge, a weak education system, and a dim future, our dependence on technology is creating an ignorant society. First off, technology is removing the need for basic human knowledge, which in turn weakens our education system. Thanks to Google and Wikipedia, people do not bother remembering any piece of knowledge because it is available to them with a mere click. Rather than learning and absorbing the information, they read it and let it slip out of their minds without a second thought. This creates a severe backlash because it is deteriorating the education system.

As seen in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, people become unconcerned and uninterested in the world around them because technology closed their minds; they would rather concentrate on their own happiness and wellbeing. If technology does bring mankind to a point where they no longer need to struggle or think, then imagination, creativity, and innovation will cease to exist. Knowledge will become two dimensional and deemed unnecessary. As the author Edward de Bono once said, “There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” The use of imagination is what develops the world. Without these things, our world becomes a paper town. Technology is what blocks the flow of creativity and raw innovation. However, some people believe that the benefits of technology overpower these