Today 's Americans are too dependent on technology to the point where it could destroy the country because the impending threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse attack is on the rise, hacking and identity theft are becoming real problems, and the amount of technology in everyday lives are assisting in the rise of America 's obesity rates. All of the technology of today’s times are adding to America’s ever increasing obesity rates. When students get home from school, they conduct less than 30% of their recommended physical activity and 80% of their recommended screen activities. In a study on the afterschool activities of children, Lauren Arundell noted that “During the entire day children spent 60.3% of their time SED, 29.2% in LPA and only …show more content…
That leaves America vulnerable to threats. There are over two billion internet users throughout the world. Mark Young said about technology in an article for Stanford Law School,"The United States economy depends on it; our critical infrastructure is controlled by it; and our national security is empowered by it, yet vulnerable because of it." Our ultimate dependence on technology could be what ruins us in the future. In another article for The Journal of High Technology Law, Kalya Morency stated " For example, computer networking systems are responsible for critical functions such as "managing and operating nuclear power plants, dams, the electric power grid, the air traffic control system, and the financial infrastructure." Imagine if all of these things went stopped functioning. If Americans were cut off from all of these things, how would the country function? All sources of electricity would be gone, our national security would be damaged and vulnerable, the financial grid and stock market could crumble, and traveling from place to place would become a lot more difficult (Young, Morency). The power grids that run every single thing related to technology in our country have many holes that could compromise important data, and misdirect power delivery. This could be huge, if hackers or intruders could shut down our power grid, our country would be so ultimately brittle and vulnerable to outside