Technology Will DESTROY

Our PlanetChristopher WaiteGeorgian College

Social Impact of TechnologyAugust, 2012

WE THOUGHT THE FUTURE WOULD

LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS…

… BUT THIS IS WHAT ACTUALLY

HAPPENED

HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS NOW MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT…

WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE

“FUN” HAS CHANGED.

WHAT HAPPENED TO ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS?

Technology determines what is current, what is “old”, and ultimately, what our children are interested in (“Will Technology Destroy Mankind”, 2007).

Children feel pressured by others to have the latest piece of technology, and not to be caught having a dated cell phone or MP3 player.

Many cases of bullying can result from issues surrounding technology. For example, a student being bulled for his interest in a certain video game.

Technology is Shaping Our Children’s Interests

The day the cell phone was introduced to the public was the day people stopped visiting their parents, siblings, and friends, as they now could call them on their personal phone instead.

Currently, people prefer to text their friends than call them on their phones.

People are spending more time on social media websites than they are interacting with other people (Tate, 2011).

Technology is Ruining Social

Interactions

Along the same lines, the use of the cell phone is certainly affecting current and future population’s literacy skills.

“By 2008, over 4 trillion text messages were being sent every year” (Holloway, n.d.).

People begin to apply their “text messaging slang” (ex. cuz for because, or wat instead of what) to their everyday lives, effectively ruining their spelling skills (Holloway, n.d.).

Technology is Affecting

Literacy Skills

With one of the most significant financial depressions occurring recently in the United States, it’s apparent that jobs are quickly disappearing from people of society.

Why? One of the largest contributors to the loss of jobs in North America, is due to the increase in technology.

People are loosing their jobs to machines, as machines are a more economically viable solution for large companies, as people cost more to employ than machines, who basically do the same work (Boyle, 2010).

For example, Service Jobs, like cashiers, are being fired due to the installation of self-serve cash register machines that do not require an attendant.

Technology is Stealing Our Jobs

It’s no question that mankind’s interest in advancing technology has had its effects on our environment.

Our precious vehicles that we rely on each day, are polluting the air we breathe, destroying our much-needed ozone layer, and putting millions of toxic chemicals into our environment, affecting humans, animals, plants, and all living things on our planet (Gallicia,2011).

Technology is Destroying

Our Environment

Technology has become a necessity in our society within recent decades. The advancements are coming quicker than people can keep up with. By the time you save for the latest cell phone, it will be dated within a couple months when something new is introduced.

Technology is negatively affecting social relationships, as well as social and literacy skills.

Technology is ruining our air, atmosphere, and ultimately life on Earth.

The advancements in technology are detrimental to our existence on Earth.

CONCLUSION

Boyle, R. (2011). Robots are stealing American jobs according to MIT economist. Popsci. Retrieved from http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/robots-are-stealing-american-jobs-economists-say

Gallicia, R. (2011). Pollution, destroying the Earth. Retrieved fromhttp://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/schoolid/131/articleid/405688/newspaperid/107/Pollution_Destroying_the_Earth.aspx

Holloway, . (n.d.). SMS and its negative affects on language. Retrieved fromhttp://www.ehow.com/info_7943766_sms-its-negative-effects-language.html

Tate, P. (2011). Is today’s technology affecting your social skills? Retrieved from http://www.famousbloggers.net/social-being-internet-junkie.html

Will Technology Destroy Mankind? (n.d.). Retrieved fromhttp://www.articlesbase.com/technology-articles/will-technology-destroy-mankind-169321.html

References