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Is Society Too Dependent On Technology?

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Is Society too Dependent on Technology? Did you know that 73% of people in America use their cell phones for texting and taking photos and 61% to 60% of adults use their cell phones for texting and taking photos(Survey done by Pew Internet & American Life Project, on NBC News). Technology in America has been so updated that people use technology in their everyday life. The most types of technology that is used in everyday life is smartphones, and computers. Not only does this affect society it also affects the way of learning in schools. The reasons i have picked to talk about in this paper are that people don’t live in the moment when they use technology, and that kids and teenagers do not have any or very little social skills when they talk on the phone or in person to people. People do not live in the moment anymore because of the technology that was introduced to us. People in society now would be too worried if their computers crashed or if they can not find their phone. What i mean by live in the moment is that people are too worried about if there phone is charged, or if they lost their phone they are too worried about where it is. Instead of worried about what is happening in the world. Society may have gone too far in technology dependence such that it has become so immense that doctors have recommended for “technology detox.” Social skills are not how they used to be because kids and teens are texting all the time and some kids and teens do not know how to talk

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