If you could describe America in one word what would it be? Most would answer with words such as freedom, opportunity, corruption, division, etc. I believe that one word that would describe America is “Technology”. Our world today is becoming further developed as we speak. Newer advances are being invented day after day. “Necessity is the mother of invention”. The need to become bigger and better is leading Americans to develop and invent more things to keep society satisfied. There are many pros to the development of technology now a days. For example without the advanced technology we have, a great amount of people would struggle with their health; therefore, saving quite a few lives. Industries are also becoming more efficient and safer for our environment. However, despite the pros of becoming a developed society, there are a lot of issues and concerns that come …show more content…
We become impatient if it takes longer than a minute for an application to download on our phone, we expect to receive an immediate response to a text or email, we are now becoming more self centered when we don’t get what we want when we ask for it, and we see people that do not have any type of social media account as strange or old fashioned. Technology has unintentionally taken over our lives. It has come to the point where we can’t even find time to spend with our close ones. As a result, texting has taken the place of human to human conversation. We are relying on online communication to keep us in contact with our friends and family though we are in the same city, let alone in the same room. Most of todays generation believes that texting is a faster and more efficient way to communication rather than facing uncomfortable confrontation in person. In other words, teens express their feelings more confidently over text than face to face. Thus, it is easier to interact when we have cyberspace as a barrier between