Technology has a significant change in society because now we focus on technology instead of other normal activities in society and because it has taken away our enjoyment of doing other tasks besides being on social media. Technology has a significant change in society because now we focus on technology instead of other normal activities. In the short story, The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury, depicts a world where technology has taken over the lives of society. Everyone stays at home, viewing their screens, not stepping foot outside. In fact, there is only one man left who chooses to simply walk out at night. This man is viewed as an outlier, someone who needs to be taken to a mental institution, since the idea of walking outside is ridiculous and unbelievable (Bradbury). This story warns readers about how many people have stopped taking part in what used to be important activities of human beings like going on walks, hanging out with other people, and stepping outside, all because they …show more content…
In the TedTalk, Is Social Media Hurting Your Mental Health? by Bailey Parnell, she speaks about how social media has affected her vacation experience. She talked about how she had gone into "airplane mode" during her vacation—not checking emails, messages, calls, no social media at all—and how she had felt phantom notifications anyways. She had constantly been checking her phone and wanting to post about moments during her vacation as her instinctual reaction (Parnell). Social media has been completely intertwined with the way she experiences her life. She presented herself as a prime example of how technology has affected society. She could not stop thinking about her phone during these otherwise fantastic moments, drawing her focus away from these events that had no doubt taken away from the authentic excitement she could have felt