The Great Forgetting

The evolution of technology has had a great impact on our lives, both positive and negative. While it is great to be able to be able to travel faster and research anything with the smartphones that now contain almost every aspect of our daily lives, there are also many advances within the realm of technology. Nicholas Carr presents information on the dependency aircraft pilots have on automated technology used to control airplanes in the article “The Great Forgetting”. Likewise, in “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” written by Stephen Marche, the result of isolation and pseudo relationships created by social media is shown throughout the article. We live in such a fast paced society with so much information at our fingertips that we don’t make
Because of this, there has been a terrifying increase of the need of mental health professionals over the past 70 years. The article states that “the majority of patients in therapy do not warrant a psychiatric diagnosis” meaning problems that used to be considered normal or easy to handle are now being approached by such professionals. Stephen Marche is an author of novels and participates in a monthly column for Esquire magazine. His work has been featured in many well-known newspapers and magazines such as The New York times Magazine, The Toronto Star and The New Republic. In 2005 he graduated from the University of Toronto with his doctorate in Early Modern Drama. Technologies advancements have revealed many downfalls of our fast paced society. We have begun to lose the ability to focus on one task, resulting in making errors that could potentially become life threatening. Computers have allowed us to receive information whenever we need to and make talking to people easier, but they have also made it seem as though in person contact is not necessary to maintain a relationship. In our fast paced world we all just need to take a step back from technology and do our job, or interact with our