first time writing issue task essay. Please give me feedback!
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13 Sep 2014, 00:19
Hi,
This is my first time trying out an issue task essay. Feedback will be appreciated! Thank you!
topic:
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.
Looking at our history, we have come a way to live in our world of technology, which started off from writing letters to one-second texting and email. Unfortunately, relying on technology cause us to be narrow-minded that only looks forward and developing our mind like programmed robots.
Today we see ourselves relying on the smartphones to navigate our destination. It is true that our map application will give us the right direction when we get lost telling us how many miles and time it will take us to arrive. However, if our smartphones run out of battery or have some “technological issue” while navigating we will panic and feel so lost. Our ability to use simple tool such as reading map will diminish because of our reliance on smartphone map application in the face of emergency and troubles.
Not only our simple task will be diminish but also our profession will be affected by reliance on the technology; it will replace our human abilities. For example, we read novels or any type of books through buying the electronic copy of a book-so called “e-book” to save money and to have easy access to take it everywhere we go. For past years the bookstore, Borders, have been disappearing in our neighborhood due to loosing the competition to the “e-book” companies. Because of a click of a button to buy an e-book, one’s job as cashier or even a manager has been lost. What is the point of being a cashier and manager if a website can give us faster and convenient access to our purchase?
On the other hand, technology is actually helping human in use of saving one’s life. Medical robots bring us the better result of removing tumor of a patient’s brain and MRI and CAT scans that give doctors the location and the diagnose of certain disease. We cannot ignore the benefits of the technology that can be a treatment and great tool to use.
Overall, Technology brings our ability to think and move forward like saving one’s life. However, it weakens our ability to do simple task that causing us to move backwards.