Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Inside Technology
Technology has made a great impact on us once it really started to grow and it has made us “humans” very dependable on it. It seems that we now can’t go a day without having to interact with technology, no matter from where or what it is. Technology is used by humans all the time, for example we use our smartphones, smart TVs, tablets, computers, and even in our cars. There is a positive and a negative side to technology, technology has made life much easier, we are able to access files, information, pictures and be able to connect with anyone online with just our smartphones. It has made the process of getting information across much faster and it has made things more convenient for people because they can access anything whenever they want. Of course there is also a negative side to technology and Tim Wu, who wrote “As Technology Gets Better, Will Society Get Worse?” and Nicholas Carr, who wrote, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” talk about how technology has affected us so much in our daily lives and it is changing the way we will.
As technology keeps growing and evolving into our lives it finds ways of affecting us as humans. We humans have grown to depend on the use of technology to do pretty much anything, we have let it control us. It is not only affecting us, but also the new generations of children that are being born to the technology around them. We are reliable on technology so much that reported by Carr, “that people typically read no more than one or two pages of an article or book before they would “bounce” out to another site”(Carr 3). This is true rather than reading the book people just search on what the book is about online or instead of picking up a actual book they just read it off their phones or tablets. Not only is technology affecting us but it also makes our lives a bit more cautious, since our information is online now and anyone with the skills can access it without anyone knowing.
Not only is technology making us “lazy” or unreliable without access to technology, but it is also affecting our health. According to Wu and his research, “since the arrival of new technologies, the population has suffered a massive increase in morbid obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes” (Wu 2). This comes to show and proves to us that technology could be a distraction and problem. Not only is it affecting adults but also children and it is increasing the obesity population for children. Technology is not only responsible for the illness of people but also idleness, alcoholism, drug addiction, and suicide, they have reached some of the highest levels on earth.
Technology isn’t always a bad thing, according to Laurel Storm in her article, Positive effects on communication, “technology has made a strong impact on the way society communicates” (Storm 1). Technology has brought people around the world closer because it is much faster and easier to communicate to someone. Many family members are able to easily communicate to other relatives that are in their home country or another part of the world. With the new technologies that have been arriving within the last few years it has helped us better develope medication or do further research on the ways of helping others. The access to more information has been much easier since its only now at the tip of our fingers. Before the arrival of technology, people would actually have to go to a library and check out many different books, but now with search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing , etc… it has made it easier to search find the information you need.
It also has made it a safer place to live in now, with all the new high tech security systems people are able to rest safely in their homes without the worry of something happening or feeling unsafe. Not only are homes, but also our streets are safer since there is more surveillance around us. Technology can be looked at through so many different ways there are plenty of negative things about the new technologies but there is as well many positive things about it, but it has made our lives much easier, we as humans have to make sure to take control and not let technology take control of us.
Friday, March 27, 2015
A Divided Nation
One main issue in the United States that is always addressed is immigration, on how to deal with it and what are the steps in either giving amnesty or to deport the undocumented immigrants. As people living here in the states, there are always issues with “American residents” complaining about undocumented immigrants and that something should be done about the problem. There should be something done about it, but it should be for the best for everyone, so that means for Americans and for undocumented immigrants in the United states. We as humans need to be able to help each other out in this situation, because America was originally made from people coming from different parts of the world.
Many American residents would prefer that undocumented immigrants were to be deported back to their home country rather than staying here and “taking Americans jobs”. As much as people want this, they don't realize the affect that it would cause the United States, it would shake up the economy and by a great deal. After reading the article, “Immigration Enriches You and Me” by Nicholas Kristof Americans will be able to have an ideal on how undocumented immigrants are helping the economy by being here in the U.S. Many Americans argue that immigrants threaten our way of life, it is true that immigrants may have lower the wages but they have hugely enriched our country.
Undocumented immigrants have contributed greatly to our country, according to the article written , “they have contributed $100 billion to social security over a decade without any intention of collecting benefits, thus shoring up the system” (Kristof 2). This shows that by deporting undocumented immigrants it would greatly affect our social security budget by an enormous amount. This of course isn't the only area that would be affected as reported in 2010, at the state and local level, households headed by unauthorized immigrants paid another eleven billion in taxes alone. This a huge amount that is being contributed and this amount of money is helping the United States economy. Now if immigrants were to be given permits and brought in to the U.S system according to Kristof’s and his research, they will contribute forty-five billion over five years in payroll taxes to the United States economy, and this is reported by the Center for American Progress.
Undocumented immigrants are honest men and women that are helping the economy grow and to support one another. The action of deporting or detaining immigrants is costing the U.S a great amount of money that could be used for more useful plans. This is also causing families to break up and sending children to foster homes by deporting their parents or guardians.
There is another side to this issue, and it is the cost of helping and offering amnesty to undocumented immigrants. The article, “We Cannot Afford Amnesty for Illegal immigrants” by Ed Butowsky helped see what are the issues if the government helps and gives amnesty to all the undocumented immigrants. Recently reported, there are roughly about eleven to twelve million undocumented immigrants in the United States. This is the question that is being asked by the government, “with all our nation’s needs and wants, is granting amnesty to 5 million illegal immigrants and increasing our financial burden the best way to spend our money? Is it fiscally responsible?” ( Butowsky 1). Granting amnesty would cost the U.S an enormous amount of money that could certainly be used for something else, but maybe the government shouldn’t grant a huge amount at once instead they should split it up.
The United states currently has a national debt of eighteen trillion dollars, and our country does also spend as a whole about six hundred billion more than we earn through tax revenue. It is also reported by the Heritage Foundation, “ is that each illegal immigrant cost our country $24,000 a year. But ,on average, each pays $10,000 in taxes, so it’s reasonable to say that each immigrant really adds $14,000 a year to our country’s debt burden” (Butowsky 1). If the president grants amnesty our country would have to create 5.6 million new full-time jobs.
Many American residents would prefer that undocumented immigrants were to be deported back to their home country rather than staying here and “taking Americans jobs”. As much as people want this, they don't realize the affect that it would cause the United States, it would shake up the economy and by a great deal. After reading the article, “Immigration Enriches You and Me” by Nicholas Kristof Americans will be able to have an ideal on how undocumented immigrants are helping the economy by being here in the U.S. Many Americans argue that immigrants threaten our way of life, it is true that immigrants may have lower the wages but they have hugely enriched our country.
Undocumented immigrants have contributed greatly to our country, according to the article written , “they have contributed $100 billion to social security over a decade without any intention of collecting benefits, thus shoring up the system” (Kristof 2). This shows that by deporting undocumented immigrants it would greatly affect our social security budget by an enormous amount. This of course isn't the only area that would be affected as reported in 2010, at the state and local level, households headed by unauthorized immigrants paid another eleven billion in taxes alone. This a huge amount that is being contributed and this amount of money is helping the United States economy. Now if immigrants were to be given permits and brought in to the U.S system according to Kristof’s and his research, they will contribute forty-five billion over five years in payroll taxes to the United States economy, and this is reported by the Center for American Progress.
Undocumented immigrants are honest men and women that are helping the economy grow and to support one another. The action of deporting or detaining immigrants is costing the U.S a great amount of money that could be used for more useful plans. This is also causing families to break up and sending children to foster homes by deporting their parents or guardians.
There is another side to this issue, and it is the cost of helping and offering amnesty to undocumented immigrants. The article, “We Cannot Afford Amnesty for Illegal immigrants” by Ed Butowsky helped see what are the issues if the government helps and gives amnesty to all the undocumented immigrants. Recently reported, there are roughly about eleven to twelve million undocumented immigrants in the United States. This is the question that is being asked by the government, “with all our nation’s needs and wants, is granting amnesty to 5 million illegal immigrants and increasing our financial burden the best way to spend our money? Is it fiscally responsible?” ( Butowsky 1). Granting amnesty would cost the U.S an enormous amount of money that could certainly be used for something else, but maybe the government shouldn’t grant a huge amount at once instead they should split it up.
The United states currently has a national debt of eighteen trillion dollars, and our country does also spend as a whole about six hundred billion more than we earn through tax revenue. It is also reported by the Heritage Foundation, “ is that each illegal immigrant cost our country $24,000 a year. But ,on average, each pays $10,000 in taxes, so it’s reasonable to say that each immigrant really adds $14,000 a year to our country’s debt burden” (Butowsky 1). If the president grants amnesty our country would have to create 5.6 million new full-time jobs.
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