As people rely more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteroriate.
As technology continues to proliferate at increased rates and influences every aspect of life, it becomes extremely important to recognize our over-reliance on the innovations that make our lives easier. Information and the ability to learn new skills is readily available, people often forget the critical step of learning, which is the very act of obtaining information. Where technology makes that aspect of education and information gathering easier, it also begins to deteriorate our ability to retain information, as well as reduce our willingness to test our opinions against opposing viewpoints.
Technologies, such as smartphones and laptops, make information readily available to us. We can find something as simple as a recipe for pasta to try out on a single night. Or we can investigate a tough problem in particle physics with the collaboration and support of scientists around the world. But one of the primary issues with information at our fingertips is the lack of retention. Studies show that people retain less information if they rely heavily on search engines and other information sources on the internet. The primary issue stems from the intermediary steps of solving a problem or getting to that "eureka!" moment. An example of a lack of retention is often seen when working with cars. For any novice having car troubles, such as jump-starting a dead battery, Googling "how to jump-start my car" will get an answer immediately to the person in need. But for instance, if this person encounters the same situation again, but this time is unable to get signal and find the solution, he or she may not be able to reproduce the same steps to effectively (and safely) revive his or her vehicle. This is an ineffective way to learn a new skill or understand a process, as it forces a person to have to relearn over and over again.
In addition to memory retention, technology in the form of social media has done tremendous good in uniting people around the world. However, sociopolitical studies show that these virtual meeting rooms prevent people from being exposed to opposing opinions and learning from others with varied experiences. Social scientists call these online forums "echo chambers," where person A will reveal their viewpoint and only gather the same opinions from person B and person C, all while excluding person D from discussing their alternative view and learning from each other. These are colloquially called "bubbles," and often when they burst, horrific arguments erupt. In this regard, technology has started to segregate people more than unite.
Though these points show the opposite effect of technology's influence on people, having more innovative products and protocols in the way we conduct ourselves inherently means we're a more progressive and thoughtful society. To really harness technology's benefits, people must be tech-savvy. More children are learning to program and engineer their own solutions more than any other generation, and this will only continue to boost creative and progressive thinking.
To conclude, it's important to understand that technology solves problems but also creates them. These products and processes are more nuanced than we initially believed, especially in the areas of memory retention and social discourse. But it would be a true detriment to write off the many benefits of technology. Now, it's a matter of teaching people to properly balance their consumption and use of technologies in order to live a more balanced and wholesome life.
- People who make decisions based on emotion and justify those decisions with logic afterwards are poor decision makers. 54
- The following appeared in a memorandum from the owner of the Juniper Cafe, a small, local coffee shop in the downtown area of a small American city:"We must reduce overhead here at the cafe. Instead of opening at 6 a.m. weekdays, we will now open at 49
- 'The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station.“Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. During this time period, most of 69
- Scientific theories, which most people consider as "fact," almost invariably prove to be inaccurate. Thus, one should look upon any information described as "factual" with skepticism since it may be proven false in the future. 83
- A nation should have a national curriculum for schools until students go to college. 66
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 371, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
... these online forums 'echo chambers,' where person A will reveal their viewp...
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Line 9, column 625, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...se are colloquially called 'bubbles,' and often when they burst, horrific ar...
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Line 17, column 321, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...f the many benefits of technology. Now, its a matter of teaching people to properly...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, really, so, well, while, for instance, in addition, such as, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.6327345309 71% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 33.0 11.1786427146 295% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 11.0 13.6137724551 81% => OK
Pronoun: 46.0 28.8173652695 160% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 78.0 55.5748502994 140% => OK
Nominalization: 24.0 16.3942115768 146% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3018.0 2260.96107784 133% => OK
No of words: 567.0 441.139720559 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.32275132275 5.12650576532 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.87972968509 4.56307096286 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05690091548 2.78398813304 110% => OK
Unique words: 310.0 204.123752495 152% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.546737213404 0.468620217663 117% => OK
syllable_count: 951.3 705.55239521 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 4.96107784431 181% => OK
Article: 2.0 8.76447105788 23% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.67365269461 418% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 19.7664670659 126% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 22.8473053892 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.9322966338 57.8364921388 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.72 119.503703932 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.68 23.324526521 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.0 5.70786347227 70% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.20758483034 122% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 6.88822355289 131% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.67664670659 128% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.169404876296 0.218282227539 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0463388484272 0.0743258471296 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0415780746426 0.0701772020484 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0985583877122 0.128457276422 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0316028981332 0.0628817314937 50% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.0 14.3799401198 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 48.3550499002 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.197005988 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.87 12.5979740519 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.49 8.32208582834 114% => OK
difficult_words: 171.0 98.500998004 174% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 17.0 12.3882235529 137% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.1389221557 97% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.