The Negative Effects On Technology: The Evolution Of Technology

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Today’s technology is ever-changing and highly depended on in the daily life. People all over the world benefit from the extraordinary opportunities technology provides and plays an important role of almost any field of human life. Weather it be a computer, radio, car, television, or cell phone, most likely it is used throughout the day. Shelby has experience, good and bad, with all of technology. Negative effects such as drunk texting, too much television, and internet addicts are all reasons why she limits her time for technology. There are also positive effects technology has on society like computers, phones, and medical benefits. The evolution of technology has dramatically changed the world in an endless number of ways. One out …show more content…

A research found that participants who watched television for three hours a day had twice the risk of dying during an eight year follow up than those who only watch one hour per day. Watching television can mean inactivity, and inactivity has been lead to heart disease and obesity. Another harmful effect of watching television is that it appears to portray reality and only gives us a small bit of the truth. One of the many reason Shelby believes everything seen on the news is because it requires too much effort to justify if the facts shown are actually true or not. By choosing the easy way, Shelby is also choosing the distorted view of …show more content…

When computers and cell phones were invented, it opened a whole new world of opportunities for them. Computers have made school work for students easier to access. Now college students can bring laptops everywhere they go and accomplish school work. Also internet has allowed Shelby to find exactly what she can find at the mall, only on the computer! Online shopping is becoming more popular each year due to better sales, promo codes, and subscriptions such as Amazon Prime. Not only can she shop, complete homework, and socialize on the computer, but she can also do all of that on her cell phone. Cell Phones can achieve everything done on a computer just on a smaller screen. Cell phones have made it easier to fulfill everything she could write in a letter or email, only

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