What is the most common tree in your neighborhood? What animals live near you? Where does your water come from? What insects live near you? Why do they live there? Chances are, you didn’t know the answers to most of those questions. Chances are, you had no idea. And neither does 98.3% of Americans today, because nobody cares. They have better things to do like tweet about something they saw on TV, or post a pic of their cat on Instagram. Technology is taking over the world, and we aren’t realizing it, let alone doing anything about it. People need to stop letting technology control their lives.
Technology is a tool. A power, that we all abuse. There is proof that being on your phone slowly kills brain cells by the second. In 2008, scientists from North Dakota put a man in a regular room, gave him his phone, told him to go on it, and hooked him up to a machine for an hour. Even just an hour of phone time killed a decent amount of brain cells. The average man goes on their phone about 2.7 hours a day (Huffington post).
People who are on their phones excessively start to change, mentally and physically. The artificial light from the screen keeps you awake at night (health land.time.com) Not only this, but you get whiter when you are inside. People who use their phones that often are usually inside. Plus, it has the same effects as marijuana, to a far lower degree according to “alifeofproductivity.com”. It makes your brain mushy in time. In time, you will lose intelligence. In time, you will rely only on your phones for entertainment. In time, it will change who you are. (releventmagazine.com)
Some people might say that electronics are just a pastime that we use when we are bored, and for around five minutes at a time. They say that we don’t use them too much, and that is false. (Washington Post) The average human spends 2.7 hours a day on their phone. Their phone only. Think about TV, laptops, iPads, iPods, and all other devices. Collectively, we spend about 6 hours a day on devices. Its out of control. It’s insane! The use of technology today in this day and age is crazy. (Dailymotion.com)
Albert Einstein once said, “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” We are living in that time. That day is now. WE are the generation of idiots that Einstein was fearing. So next time you pick up your phone to check the ifunny features, or to look at your instagram, think about what I said. Don’t take part in the generation of idiots.