As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
Technology is advancing faster than humanity can adapt to it. It seems like everyday there is a new advancement or a new iPhone is released. Few people today live without a computer. Internet access is seen by many as a basic need. There is no doubt that technology is prevalent. With the near constant flow of technology, one feels compelled to ask whether this is good for mankind and what affect it has on the public. Although the influx of new technology can be overwhelming, it does not impact mankind’s ability to think for themselves.
One prevalent aspect of technology is the Internet, which has given everyone a voice. All someone has to do is turn on their computer and create a name to have their voice heard by others all over the world. The Internet is a free market of ideas where everyone’s voice is equal. Conflicting views clash in battles of blog posts, videos, etc. To use the Internet is to encounter opinions that oppose your own. Everything is open to debate and scrutiny. The users have to think for themselves in order to defend their ideas against others.
Technology is created to make people’s lives easier. It is created to be depended on and thus people depend on it. There is an app for everything from getting a ride home to shopping. If someone is having an argument, they can simply look it up online. This does not change us; it simply makes our lives easier. Time and effort are not wasted on changing a tire if something goes wrong on the side of the road. Memory is not wasted on trivia for arguments with friends. The space in their brain is still there, but it is used for something more important.
Technology can be a scary thing, especially if one does not understand it. As time goes on it grows more complicated and is seemingly used by everyone. Thus, people became afraid and assume it has a negative effect on those who use it. The person then feels superior for not using it out of fear of a fictional malady. Technology is simply a tool. Some use it more wisely than others. It can be dangerous in the wrong hands. Someone can fall victim to a scam or have their identity stolen. Yet, when a carpenter hammers his thumb instead of a nail, is the hammer to blame? Many technological tools are easy to use and one can avoid being harmed by it if used correctly. It is the fault of the user if one is harmed by it.
Whether it is television, cell phones, or medical science, one thing is for certain: technology is inescapable. This leads some people to question what effect this has on the users. Some say is negatively impacts one’s ability to think for one’s self. This is a misguided belief. The Internet, for example, is a place where one can argue their ideas and strengthen their beliefs by doing so. They blame technology because they do not under stand it. Therefore, technology does not diminish someone’s ability to think for themselves.
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| 2018-12-03 | Kaurab Gautam | 50 | view |
| 2016-06-24 | bowieventure | 70 | view |
Grammar and spelling errors:
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...’s ability to think for themselves. One prevalent aspect of technology is th...
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...eone’s ability to think for themselves.
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'if', 'look', 'so', 'still', 'then', 'therefore', 'thus', 'as to', 'for example', 'no doubt']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.208620689655 0.240241500013 87% => OK
Verbs: 0.208620689655 0.157235817809 133% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0620689655172 0.0880659088768 70% => OK
Adverbs: 0.051724137931 0.0497285424764 104% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0655172413793 0.0444667217837 147% => Less pronouns wanted. Try not to use 'you, I, they, he...' as the subject of a sentence
Prepositions: 0.110344827586 0.12292977631 90% => OK
Participles: 0.0413793103448 0.0406280797675 102% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.5797844657 2.79330140395 92% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0327586206897 0.030933414821 106% => OK
Particles: 0.00172413793103 0.0016655270985 104% => OK
Determiners: 0.0862068965517 0.0997080785238 86% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0137931034483 0.0249443105267 55% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0137931034483 0.0148568991511 93% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2952.0 2732.02544248 108% => OK
No of words: 521.0 452.878318584 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.6660268714 6.0361032391 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.77759609229 4.58838876751 104% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.303262955854 0.366273622748 83% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.21113243762 0.280924506359 75% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.145873320537 0.200843997647 73% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.10556621881 0.132149295362 80% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.5797844657 2.79330140395 92% => OK
Unique words: 259.0 219.290929204 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.497120921305 0.48968727796 102% => OK
Word variations: 59.065199835 55.4138127331 107% => OK
How many sentences: 40.0 20.6194690265 194% => Less sentences wanted.
Sentence length: 13.025 23.380412469 56% => OK
Sentence length SD: 25.5579610885 59.4972553346 43% => OK
Chars per sentence: 73.8 141.124799967 52% => OK
Words per sentence: 13.025 23.380412469 56% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.275 0.674092028746 41% => More Discourse Markers wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 5.21349557522 134% => OK
Readability: 34.138243762 51.4728631049 66% => OK
Elegance: 1.10582010582 1.64882698954 67% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.325582080069 0.391690518653 83% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.073173305211 0.123202303941 59% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.071547693165 0.077325440228 93% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.400069540287 0.547984918172 73% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.114252879008 0.149214159877 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105628178734 0.161403998019 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0770239529789 0.0892212321368 86% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.383810817241 0.385218514788 100% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0614601075267 0.0692045440612 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.244061108956 0.275328986314 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0312530304287 0.0653680567796 48% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.4325221239 125% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 15.0 5.30420353982 283% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.88274336283 246% => Less neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 11.0 7.22455752212 152% => OK
Negative topic words: 9.0 3.66592920354 246% => OK
Neutral topic words: 9.0 2.70907079646 332% => OK
Total topic words: 29.0 13.5995575221 213% => OK
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Rates: 70.83 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.25 Out of 6
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