margarita04

1. As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate. These days, we have encounter many cases that technology makes changing of our life style a lot. Recently, I have read the book, 'Alone together' which discusses our changing relationship with technology. It says that technology may offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. Similarly, technology can change ability of thought. The more people rely on technology to solve problems, the more vulnerable the ability of humans to think for themselves will be. Let me present a representative case. That is a navigation. Wherever I drive to, I have to use the navigation. Wherever I walk to, I have to use the navigation too. Without a navigation, I get nervous. I used the navigation first when I was in strange place where I had never been. Increasingly, I have use the navigation on my smart phone when I go to the place where I have already known to take a shortcut and avoid a traffic jam. As time goes by, I get to rely more and more on navigation unconsciously. One day, I had to drive from Seoul to Busan by Kyung boo express high way for attending friend's wedding ceremony, but my navigation didn't work near the ramp. So, I was tossed on an ocean of doubts more than one hour. After calling my mother to ask where the expressway ramp is, I could start. Once I went on a expressway ramp, I could notice the sign explaining the ramp kindly. Actually, I never thought that I had better find the sign or ask near by someone instead trying to work the navigation wasting time on the road. I didn't end up there in time. Basically, people don’t want to spend time and energy thinking of naïve things such as finding a way, finding a shop, a weather forecast, friend's phone number. So, they easily rely on technology without seriously thinking about them. Though they may believe that saving time and energy with relying on technology lets us have more time and energy to think about others, I believe that it causes to increase dependence high and to deteriorate the ability of thought.

Hi~! I'm Margarita from South Korea. I have studied on Philosophy and prepared to go abroad for doctoral program. Although I am poor at English ability, I enjoy studying English. I would like to have help from here. Let's get better~!