Exemplification Essay: Is Technology Ruining Our Society?

People no longer spend time to make personalised messages, they don’t create as much unique ideas , because technology brings everyone else’s ideas in the palm of your hand.Why bother creating a love letter for your loved one ? There are already a few milions of them online. Why bother sending a birthday card when you can take a picture off instagram and post it on birthday boy’s facebook ? People got lazier and no longer create their own content, through their own feelings and experiences, and those few who keep coming up with ideeas and develop them into movies,songs,pictures, etc are the very best. I’ve witnessed thousands of people expressing themselves in other people’s words, through photos,

There were people who complained that the telephone and telegraph were ruining the careful consideration that people put into letters. We even have writings of ancient Greeks who complained that the use of wax tablets to write things on was ruining everything, because they could be so easily erased and re-used, so people didn’t consider what they were writing or drawing the way they did with clay. I have no doubt that when the first true language was coming into use, someone was complaining that the idea of having words with fixed meanings was ruining creativity. People have been complaining that new technology is “ruining” creativity and communication forever. There were people who complained that the telephone and telegraph were ruining the careful consideration that people put into letters. We even have writings of ancient Greeks who complained that the use of wax tablets to write things on was ruining everything, because they could be so easily erased and re-used, so people didn’t consider what they were writing or drawing the way they did with clay. I have no doubt that when the first true language was coming into use, someone was complaining that the idea of having words with fixed meanings was ruining