Technology is a tool developed from the application of scientific knowledge. Technology in Fahrenheit 451 is used as a distraction from the problems around them. Technology has a negative impact on the dystopian society of Fahrenheit 451 such as making people lazy, technology being used for bad things and to control people
In Fahrenheit 451 the people who use technology do not use it to be productive. They use it in a way that makes them lazy and in a way that only concerns themselves with technology instead of people. They use technology to distract themselves from thinking. For example, Milderd, Guy Montag's wife, spends her days glued to a T.V. watching her favorite show, the “White Clown.” This makes her lazy because as she spends her