Life Unplugged
Niya Howell (8)
What if you woke up in a world where technology vanished? Could you ever imagine a world without technology? The world we know today could never exist without technology. We’d still be sending letters and using telegrams if technology never existed. Without our cellphones we would never be able to contact our mother, father, friends etc. so easily.
Most of us wouldn’t even know what to do with ourselves if technology vanished from this world. These days if technology vanished from the world, it would affect our economy in a negative way, and it’d limit our access to goods and services. We wouldn’t have the medical tools we use today, and it would disrupt our way of transportation.
Technology has many positives in our society like GPS, Text Messaging, Phone calls, Google, Email. But it also has its fair share of negative impacts- like mental health issues, social isolation, and sleep disturbances. But where do we draw the line between technology as necessary for our society and technology taking over our lives?
Just close your eyes and imagine for a moment that you placed your phone down on your nightstand before you went to bed and clicked off your TV. But then the next morning you wake up with no tv or no cell phone… What would you do? Would you freak out? Would you find something else to occupy your mind? Would you convince yourself you’re dreaming? Personally, I would freak out!
Many things would not be possible without technology today, and we all must be grateful because technology will never disappear. However, we need to learn how to balance our lives so that we are mentally present, we are being active and enjoying the great outdoors, taking care of our bodies with a good night’s sleep.