Living in a world of rapidly growing technology, I wonder about the effect of technology on our lives. I have heard of many situations where living on the internet have destroyed relationships. My English teacher's friend for example, through the five years that she and her boyfriend live together, her boyfriend has changed from a 200 pounds active man to a 400 pounds meat chunk sitting in the house playing The World of War Craft. She finally broke up with him recently because she cannot stand his addiction to the internet which result in his neglect toward their relationship. In this scenario, technology has harmed people's lives. However, internet allow people to communicate at a distance, allow friends to come closer together since they cannot meet very often face to face, allow the family bond to grow strong through sharing pictures, messages when they are apart, such as when the children go to college and have to live away from home. So is technology the gateway to failure? or is it the tools for communication, for future? It depends. Technology is just simply there for you to use and take advantage of it to make life easier, to progress into a bright future, however, if you misuse it, you will fall into the pit of darkness.
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I just read this aloud to my partner. She got a kick out of it, because right now I am sitting on the couch blogging, which has been a bone of contention for the past few months, and she is immersed in Final Fantasy. Timely. Thanks for the reminder. I think we'll go do something else now!
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Similar thoughts just ran through my mind. Of course we all love teh internets- we're on here all the friggin time.
I actually work out more on days that I exploit technology more than I should. I feel lazy, so I work out harder and longer to make up for it. Technology is great.
F*** Religion. Read more here:
http://www.progressiveu.org/020528-f-religion
I never feel lazy. I love sitting around all day! It's terrible. My partner says I'm like a retired greyhound. I ran for 13 years; now I'm done. I know, I know. It's not good for me. But the couch is so comfy!
And for the record, we did get out of the house. We took the dog to the dog park and went out to dinner with friends.
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I've experienced the good and the bad of the internet first hand. The bad? Well, let's just say I'm fighting my internet addiction, I deal with a lot of eye strain, etcetera.
But also, I have met my closest friend through the internet, helped several people battle through self-esteem issues as I battled my own, learned to be myself, picked up some tact, found my dream college, and most astonishing, I fell in love.
The internet can be good or bad...you just have to learn when enough is enough.
And that's comin' at ya' from yer local redneck hippie.
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The Story of Myself
It's definitely a double-edged sword. There have been many times that I've been frustrated by my inability to track time while I'm on the internet, resulting in missed hours that I could have been doing something more productive. I've also found that having the internet (and the Ctrl-F function) has caused me to lose some of my critical reading/retention skills. It's so much easier to just type a word into google, go to the site, hit ctrl-f, and then read the one sentence than to skim read through a book trying to find the information you want.
However, it has given us information at our fingertips. My friends and I are all so busy that I would never talk to them without having the internet to connect us. I get most of my news from the internet rather than TV nowadays, and having blogs makes me feel more empowered. If there's something in the mainstream that I know is wrong or that makes me angry, I have an outlet where I can share my knowledge/outrage.
Personally, I couldn't do without the internet, but I do think I could do without some of the wackos that have made the internet their home.
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You must be the change you wish to see in the world -- Mahatma Ghandi
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. --Mahatma Gandhi
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