Elliot Yoon Dayna Krachtus English 1 H (Green) 6/12/24. Overusing Technology: The Rise of a Conformist Society. Florida Institute University alumni, Aleksandar Dimovski, states, the average American checks their cell phone around 80 times daily. Most people don’t understand the addictive nature of technology and how it creates a conformist, isolated society; yet people still check their phones nearly every 18 minutes. This is the same problem in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, where in society, every person is sucked into the realm of technology and electronic devices. The widespread use of technology perpetuates social isolation and a culture of conformity by reducing human contact, promoting depression/anxiety, and creating an efficient …show more content…
Montag finds the real reason that frustrates him. Technology. The. Secondly, the pervasive use of Facebook contributes to negative emotions by its users. “Several studies have found people feel worse after scrolling Facebook - more envious, lonely, even angry” (Neigmond 8). The obsessive nature of Facebook also causes emotional distress and isolation, similar to Fahrenheit. The phenomenon of long exposure to edited versions of others' lives on Facebook breeds feelings of inadequacy and dissatisfaction with one's reality. Social comparison generates perceptions of personal achievement and experience as inferior to idealized, airbrushed online versions. This leads to isolation as Facebook users are unable to open up. From Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 to the reality of social media as represented by Facebook, some serious psychologists make clear the psychological outcomes of technology. Montag's understanding of emotional numbness mirrors the frustration people experience with their extremely controlled social media lives. Well aware of these risks today, Bradbury's warning pinpoints a need for balance between technology and meaningful