Technology Persuasive Essay

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Albert einstein once said “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”. Many of us have heard quotes like this and have expunged it time and time again, treating it as a virus which will go away if ignored. Though the speeches may die, the meaning will not. Einstein's quote was that of technology over 60 years ago…

You know, I know, we all know that it has developed exponentially since then. He predicted the future for it was as clear as glass, we deluded ourselves that it was opaque and that within the next 50 years, that we would have extirpated all of our problems and the world would be a peace.

Well wake up! We have destroyed our forests, our oceans but above all we have decimated

These are the positive sides of technology however it truthfully is keeping us apart. The amount of time children / teenagers / adults spend with each other is rapidly declining each year. They feel that once they can call each other or email there is no need to waste time actually going over there and meeting face to face.

This is obviously the negative side of technology, people are forgetting the true meaning of being together. Being together is life's natural way of building social skills, risk taking and enjoyment. Ask yourself this is technology making us throw away nature's gift? If you don't think so then you are admitting of being oblivious to the fact that technology has its negative side.

I have not come here to give you a problem or mention for I know that if that is all that I do then within the hour you will have forgotten my message. I have come to give you the solutions. One way in which I believe you can undo this is that when you sit down in the restaurant engage in a conversation with your friends. Don't fall victim to the lures of technology. Another solution would be to make sure that whenever you are with your friends that if you use a device such as a ps4 that all of you are using