What is technology doing to us?

Technology is one of the most advanced resources in our society today. It can provide unlimited assistance to our daily lives whether it is a need for; information, entertainment, food preparation, and even transportation. Everything we could ever need to make our lives easier is at the touch of a button or turn of a key. It may be that technology, although helpful, might be making its using population lazy. Think about it, if we want a question answered we can grab our cell phones and access the World Wide Web and have infinite knowledge right at the tips of our fingers. If we want a source of entertainment we don't have to leave the comfort of our houses because we have a television that can produce sometimes up to 800 channels of endless news, movies, shows, and shopping. Even computers can be a resource for entertainment. You have the ability to social network with friends and family, watch movies, listen to music, and live in your own fantasy world if you wanted to. If you wanted a quick meal, certain technologies, like microwaves, can instantly gratify and hunger urges four times faster that the traditional conventional oven. If we want to go commute to work, school, or home, walking or even riding a bike isn't necessary. You can hop in your car or the public bus to shuttle you to where ever your heart desires. The day to day obstacles we face can easily be accomplished thanks to the conveniences of technology. But have you really thought of the effects technology has on us because it is such an easily accessible resource? Instead of going to a library and researching information we can call, Google, or even text a search engine to find the answers for us. Resources like KGB can answer almost any question for you with the touch of the "send" button on your cell phone. Our social skills are even suffering due to a lack of reach social interaction thanks to things like myspace.com, facebook.com, chat rooms, and other online networking sites. Twenty years ago you could find people walking about the streets for leisure, neighborhood kids playing in the front yard. Today it is a rarity that you see voluntary exercise unless there is the motivation to lose weight. The work some people have to put into accomplishing a goal is most often times effortless thanks to today's technology. Don't get me wrong, technology is a WONDERFUL resource but it is used so often that it is making our society just plain lazy. In conclusion, today's technology has been proven to be a great resource for information, entertainment, and transpiration, but it's easy accessibility has made its users lazy and more inactive than in previous decades. Not only are its users becoming lazy, but unhealthy as well. We have all become dependent on technology one way or another but that doesn't mean we have to rely on it for everything. Some things can always be done the old fashioned way. Let's not let technology take control of our lives.