As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.
It is very true that technologies have greatly transformed how humans live in the past few centuries, but I do not believe that we are less able to think for ourselves due to our dependence on technologies.
First of all, modern technologies have made knowledge more accessible than ever. Technological breakthroughs in the past allowed many of us to work fewer hours a day while still being able to feed ourselves and the children, so that we could afford spending years at school while not growing food ourselves. The typical life of an average child today consists of learning at schools, which is something that humans centuries ago may not understand, because most adults back then were iliterate and their families would need their children to help with raising cattle, watering plants, and other labor, instead of spending years of time acquiring knowledge.
Secondly, as technology develops, new problems arise. Today we are concerned about climate change, pollution, and running out of natural resources, all of which require decades of research and support from the entire human society to understand and deal with. Nowadays, all people interested in these issues can easily discover such topics because the Internet has distributed such information.
If we look at the history of humankind, we can see that we have become so different from people in the past. People centuries ago might perform human sacrifice, hoping that it would end a famine. People in the past might also rely on mysterious rites to cure diseases in vein. Technologies have freed us from spending extensive time worrying about these so that we could use our time on other meaningful things like personal achievements and life goals that used to be unimaginable.
In sum, I think it would be unfair to say that technologies have made us less able to think for ourselves. My reasoning suggests the opposite.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 250, Rule ID: AFFORD_VBG[1]
Message: This verb is used with infinitive: 'to spend'.
Suggestion: to spend
...d the children, so that we could afford spending years at school while not growing food ...
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Line 7, column 269, Rule ID: IN_VEIN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'in vain' (=unsuccessfully)?
Suggestion: in vain
...ly on mysterious rites to cure diseases in vein. Technologies have freed us from spendi...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, look, may, second, secondly, so, still, then, while, i think, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 19.5258426966 41% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 14.8657303371 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 58.6224719101 78% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 12.9106741573 15% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1591.0 2235.4752809 71% => OK
No of words: 312.0 442.535393258 71% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.09935897436 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20279927342 4.55969084622 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77029708518 2.79657885939 99% => OK
Unique words: 193.0 215.323595506 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.61858974359 0.4932671777 125% => OK
syllable_count: 492.3 704.065955056 70% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 20.2370786517 64% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 85.1171138898 60.3974514979 141% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.384615385 118.986275619 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0 23.4991977007 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.38461538462 5.21951772744 141% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.16273353909 0.243740707755 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0613280431488 0.0831039109588 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0464552665246 0.0758088955206 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0918289851188 0.150359130593 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0205181917981 0.0667264976115 31% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.6 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 48.8420337079 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.6 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.88 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 100.480337079 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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