Is too much technology really destroying for the mind?

Michael D. Morrow

December 12, 2012

AP English

            Is too much technology really destroying for the mind? Is it too much for the human brain to hold? Technology was meant to help humanity and move us along in our daily lives. Apparently, that concept has drastically changed. “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” It is simulating and entertaining but, overwhelming and too much to hold. It is both a blessing and a curse.

            To start this off, technology has its own eras when earlier peoples used it to survive from the Stone Era to, our current age, the Information Era. The methods they used have evolved into a catastrophic disaster. Big televisions, little televisions, pads, pods, phone and, yes, even our toilets have evolved. Technology is built on trends and fashions in today’s environment. People have ultimately become too dependent on technology and it is heavily showing. “Scientists also say that even though people like to multi-tasking- they might in fact be taxing their brains and tiring themselves out.” Sometimes life, itself, is too much too handle and adding technology to the equation is detrimental to some people’s minds.

            Moreover, the President of the United States, has stuck has nose into uncharted territory. He is bringing us Web 3.0. With faster results and everything at our disposal, even more, minds in this country will morph into stiff mush. Mr. Carlin states, “I’ve been uplinked and downloaded. I've been inputted and outsourced. I know the upside of downsizing; I know the downside of upgrading. I'm a high-tech lowlife. A cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, bicoastal mutli-tasker, and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond.” He speaks the truth. “If the Internet is only going to get bigger, and the availability of data connections is only going to grow, and if the Web 2.0 platform is becoming a detriment to the information society, where do we go next?” Isn’t uploading, downloading, and viewing enough?

            Conversely, technology is loved by all men, including me. Is has made all life easier and less stressful. And I could agree with someone if they say society can never get enough technology. “Multi-tasking is a way of life for millions of Americans…and to many, it seems like the more technology we can squeeze into every waking moment, the better.” Yes, it has made learning better, calculating and multi-tasking easier and your downtime funnier but there should not be a need to spend day and night using with a complete stop.

            To recapitulate, technology is both its positive and negative effects. Although, Multi-tasking is a way of life for millions of Americans…and to many […]” it is necessary that we slow down, stop and take a break. “Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” Do not be one of the people who lose their mind, soul and body to technology.