The Happylife Home Analysis

Technology is a giant part of life for the new generation. Nowadays, kids can learn how to use an IPad faster than tying their own shoes and it is very uncommon to not own a computer or smartphone. Also, electronics are more common in houses than they were years ago. Technology, while it makes tasks easier for humans, can also be detrimental to society because of how easy it is to misapply.

To begin with, technology can provide society with many benefits such as humane employee monitoring, and futuristic items like the Happylife home from “The Veldt” (Bradbury). The Happylife home was a highly advanced house that included enough technology to do almost everything that the owner wanted. The author describes it as a “house which clothed and

Some businesses think that tracking their employees will help them to stay in line and follow the rules. In the article, the author states that “The spying may have improved the routine in the short term, but it did not build a habit. Arguably, it even reversed good habits… (Derousseau). In a hospital study it showed that handwashing increased during monitoring, but the numbers decreased after monitoring. It also made the workers less genuine about not wanting to spread germs. Additionally, the room from the HappyLife home was a disadvantage because of how the children used it. The room was supposed to be for monitoring the kid’s emotions and letting them be creative on their own, since it would allow them to be taken anywhere in the world they wanted to go. The children, Peter and Wendy, were angry at their parents and used the room to get rid of them. “Mr. Hadley looked at his wife and they turned and looked back at the beasts edging slowly forward crouching, tails stiff. Mr. and Mrs. Hadley screamed.” (The Veldt). Peter and Wendy had been imagining Africa in the room for weeks, until finally the lions attacked their parents. This type of technology could be dangerous, not only for children, but for any person who has access to