How Technology Hurts Us Essay, Research Paper

HOW TECHNOLOGY Has Hurt Us

Although many inventions have helped us and made

our lives easier they have also caused some problems.

With the invention of the car came problems such as

air pollution. Cities are becoming more and more

congested with people using their cars even for short

distances. The government is trying to make this better by

making cars pass an emmission control test. Another

problem with cars is that hundreds of people die or get

seriously injured each year.

Another technical invention that maybe we would

have been better without is weapons. Although weapons

were made to protect our country and keep freedom it

seems to have done the opposite. Drive by shootings are a

daily occurence in our big cities. More people are

turning the guns on themselves. Kids bring guns to school

with them for protection against people who may use a

gun on them for retaliation. Politically its divided the

nation on whether private citizens should be able to carry

guns.

Disposable items have caused a big garbage

problem. We use everything from disposable pens to

disposable diapers. We can stop some of the garbage

problem by recycling.

Air conditioners are using up allot of our electricity.

There are times in the summer when brown outs happen

because if our excessive use of the air conditioners. Freon

gets released into our environment.

Today people are being kept alive longer and longer.

People that have no chance of recovery are being kept

alive on ventilators. This causes a great expense to

society and an emotional stress on the family. Even

though older people may beg to let them die medicine

refuses to let them. This is slowly changing with living

wills.

Even though we love to watch TV it has also caused

problems. Some people say that violence has increased in

America because there is too much violence on television.

Family time has become less because people are

watching TV. Kids spend more time locked upstairs in

their bedrooms watching TV. Negative news comes into

our living rooms every night.

I would rather try to solve the problems that

technology has caused than not to think of any new ways

to make our lives easier.