Technology Dependence Draft 3

                Forming a dependence on technology is not always a bad thing according to many people because it was created for many respectable reasons. Knowing that we do rely on technology for entertainment and for things like work and school are not always a bad thing, and can be used many times to an advantage. It makes things a lot easier for things that could be extremely disorganized without it. If you don’t own a computer it seems primitive and not correct for this time or generation per say. According to Debate.org 79% of people say that technology is a good thing and 21% say that it’s not a good thing. The 79% of people that said it was a good thing mainly argue about how it creates a lot more jobs, which does help the economy a great amount. The 21% that said it isn’t a good thing argue that it’s making us all lazier by the minute and that we rely on technology to do everything for us. They’re both very good sides of the argument but I find myself that one overrides the other.

            The number one thing I think that technology is a good thing because it’s very entertaining. We might not be engaging in other people but we always seem to have something to do. Where I mainly see it is on things like social Media. This means that you have to own a piece of technology to access this kind of thing. It lets us get connected with the world and makes it easier and quicker to talk to people that we need to talk to at that moment no matter if it’s a text message a phone call or a Facebook post or message

            It also helps with many jobs like working in health care, computer science, something between the lines of fixing certain pieces of technology, and even a sales person that knows everything to know about the certain piece. In health care there are many people who come and go and they need to have a bundle of information for each person. So instead of searching a while for a paper file you can type in the information and it’ll be in front of you in seconds. In computer science there is a lot to know how the things inside the computer are created and how to access it all, as well as fixing things like a virus. Fixing certain technologies are pretty self-explanatory, like if a phone breaks there needs to be people there to help repair the mistakes, and the same goes for computers.

            While the counter argument does a really good job of supporting the argument I still think that having a dependence on technology isn’t a good thing. When mentioning the main points of the argument they also forgot to state a lot of things that could go majorly wrong with almost all of it. The results would not be a good thing either, and support the point that relying on technology is not the best thing for mankind.

Work Cited:

Anonymous, Blog. "Is Technology Good for Our Society?" Is Technology Good for Our Society? Debate.org, 1 Jan. 2013. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. <http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-technology-good-for-our-society>.