Writing:
A statement goes that "both the development of technological tools and the uses to which humanity has put them have created modern civilizations in which loneliness is ever increasing." To what degree do you agree with this statement? Write an essay of about 400 words.
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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For a Balance between Technology and Life
Technology, broadly defined as the use of tools, has a long history. Ever
since Erg the caveman first conked an animal with a rock, people have been using
technology. For thousands of years, the use of tools allowed people to move ever
closer together. Because fields could be cultivated and the technology to store
food existed, people would live in cities rather than in small nomadic tribes.
However, in the past centuries, both the development of technological tools and
the uses to which humanity has put them have created modern civilizations in
which loneliness is ever increasing.
First, the Industrial Revolution deprived people to a large extent of the
pleasure of communication during work. It is true that the revolution introduced
and spread technologies that mechanized many tasks and saved people much labor,
but as a result of the drive toward more efficient production and distribution,
people began to act as cogs in the technological machine. Clothing was no longer
produced by groups of women sewing and gossiping together, but by down-trodden
automation's operating machinery in grim factories.
Secondly, the new technology of today, computers and the Internet, pushed
people further to the abyss of loneliness. Truly, they have made work ever more
efficient and knit the world together in a web of information and phone lines.
The world has been made into one in which Erg need not check in to his office;
he can just dial in from home. He won't need to go to a bar to pick up women
because there are all those chat rooms. Hungry? Erg orders his groceries from an
online delivery service. Bored? Download a new game. And yet……However, many
people, myself included, are a little queasy about that vision. Erg may be doing
work, but is it real work? Are his online friends real friends? Can he really
enjoy this solitude?
Actually, since the Industrial Revolution, we have been haunted by the
prospect that we are turning into our machines: efficient, productive, and
soulless. The newest technologies, we fear, are making us flat as our screens,
turning us into streams of bits of interchangeable data. We may know a lot of
people, but we have few real friends. We have a lot of things to do, but no
reason to do them. In short, the new technology emphasizes a spiritual crisis
that has been building for quite some time.
While I am certainly not a Luddite, I do believe we need to look for a bit
more balance between technology and life. We have to tear ourselves away from
the fatal distractions and go out into the world. Technology has given us long
lives and endless supplies of information. Now we need to apply that
information, use the time we're not spending conking our dinner with a club, and
find our reasons for living.
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You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
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You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
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You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
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You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
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You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
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You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
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You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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