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Essay / Technological crisis - 1112
Man has become very dependent on technology. Without it, daily life would be difficult. Life would be peaceful if we didn't have machines running people's lives. Dependence on technology is detrimental to humanity and will eventually lead to many dilemmas in the future. In this generation, humanity has become extremely dependent on technology. Not a day goes by without people talking on their cell phones, driving a car, or operating some type of machine. Technology has completely taken over people's lives without them even realizing it. Daily use of automobiles, television, and cellular devices has left humans with unhealthy bodies and exposed them to serious health problems. All this is due to the scarcity of physical activity and the mass production of unnatural food sources. Humans worked to have a meal every day, if they wanted cookies, “[they] had to light a wood stove and make the dough. from scratch. Nowadays, they “jump in [a] car and head to the nearest convenience store – [and] if that takes too much effort, [they] grab a phone or go online and have [thems] delivered. articles] to [their] customers. ] door. » (Lemonick 58-69) Technology has not only taken away humans' desire to prepare their own food, it also systematically advertises unhealthy foods to them. This caused the obesity rate to increase much more. Everyone watches TV, so people saw how “technology has enabled advertisers to deliver constant, virtually irresistible messages saying – Eat This Now – to everyone old enough to watch TV.” The mass production of these unhealthy foods, which are advertised to people, is cheap and convenient for the producers. People's health will continue to deteriorate due to the incessant use of machi...... middle of paper ......010, Vol. 40 Number 1: p 34-43. EBSCO host. May 2, 2010. Lemonick, Michael D. “How We Got So Big (Cover Story).” Time Inc June 2004: p58-69Vol. 163 Issue 23. EBSCOhost. May 18, 2010. Reynolds, Gail. “Questions of the month: can technology and simplicity coexist in a property? » Campaign and small stock journal September/October. 2006: 81-84 Vol 90 Issue 5 EBSCOhost. May 2, 2010. direct=true&db=ulh&AN=13241439&site=src-live >Robock, Alan. “Local nuclear war, global suffering”. Scientific American. January 2010: p74-81 Vol. 302 Number 1 EBSCOhost. May 18, 2010 Winston, Robert. “On spears, flamethrowers and fax machines.” Mail of Sunday March 14, 2010: 24. EBSCOhost. May 2 2010.