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Technology Is Good

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According to Carrie Snow,” Technology … is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.” (Carrie,n.d) Some people think that technology has taken over our lives, while others think it has positive things to us. I choose this topic because I think that technology really has improved our society compared to the past, but if we keep using it the wrong way we will be addicted to it and eventually it will control us.

Some people don’t value the time they spend together, for example if they are gathered in one place as you can see in figure 3 they usually on their smartphones or tablets due to that they barely starts a conversation (How technology steals family time, 2014). People should not …show more content…

The world will have a generation of idiots.” (The bad and the ugly of today's technology, 2014). On the other hand it seems that we can accomplish almost every thing by using the technology, first it speed up the work and we can finish in no time. Secondly increases communication like Facebook, Tweeter and other social media. We can also talk to people far away (Rodney, 2011). However there are disadvantages of using any kind of technology, For instance like online fraud there is always a chance that someone could steal your information and use it for their benefits without you knowing till the that minute. It can effect our health too just like (Rodney, 2011) said “Young people are getting more and more addicted to mobile phones. Many scientists believe that radiation from mobile phones may cause blurring vision, headaches and earaches and may be the reason of cancer,

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