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As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

 

 

 

We live in a century of advanced technological growth. Technology is involved almost in every sphere and has huge influence in our lives by helping us to settle our routine more effectively. Reasonable usage of technology can’t harm a human’s way of thinking and mental potential, because primarily all these technologies are created by the power of human brain, besides technologies help people to relatively quickly handle some problems, but more complicated and newly appeared problems always are being solved by human, moreover by using technologies people can train their brain and obtain more knowledge.

 

Many believe that people who use technology more and more for solving problems will end up with losing their ability of thinking. However seems they forget the fact that all these technological means have been created by human. Furthermore every day we see new useful inventions which help us to solve another set of problems we have today, problems which would seem impossible to overcome less than a century ago. No one can doubt that majority of us is using advantages technology gives us, however all these new inventions show that the mind of our generation is not deteriorated. Many of us are brilliant and intelligent people, who accept challenges of new world and accomplish them.

 

Plenty of people who complain that overusing technology lower human ability of thinking often bring as example the fact that people use technology to solve different problems instead of solving it themselves. Definitely we often use technology to solve our problems easily and more quickly, for example there are many computer programs for different specialists which help them to complete their tasks quickly. Another example is variety of equipment we use in home, microwaves, dish washing machines etc., all these adjustments help us to make our life easier and to save more time for more important problems which can be solved with no machine yet. I remember, when I was at high school once my older relative saw me using calculator, he said that I shouldn’t use it and I should do all calculation by myself. I explained him that I use calculator only to save time, which I can use for solving the main problem I was working on. I had already learned all calculation earlier and I didn’t need to do it by hand at that age.

 

People also often neglect the fact that using technology can also help them to train their brains. For example nowadays there are a lot of games and computer programs for children, which help them to learn new subjects and broaden their knowledge. After using this kind of programs they not only learn new staff, but also they learn how to use computers or cellphones. When I was a child I did not have a computer, first time I deal which it I was quite a mature child. I remember at first it was really hard for me to understand how it works, but after using it periodically I learned many things, eventually I picked up a profession related to computers.

 

We live in a century when we can’t ignore technologies. I am not afraid to say that all of us use some kind of it. I admit that there are a lot of people who totally rely on them and they do not bother themselves to think or do something valuable. However this is not the result of using technologies, majority of them are just lazy to do something, or they are not clever enough. Living some centuries ago when there is no technology, most probably they will be the same. Technology helps us to deal with some kind of problems easily and save time for solving huge and complicated problems, which will make a difference and who knows maybe will help to invent another useful thing.

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