Negative effects of modern technologyWhere have all the humans gone? On their screens of course, which is where they always go these days. The digital world has a way of integrating technology into everything, so much so that a family can't sit together in a room for half an hour without someone, or everyone, leaning into it. his electronic devices. The long-term effects of technology-saturated growth are slowly being discovered and the results are not positive. People become bitter in an unrealistic world. As a nation, we need to realize the issues surrounding the involvement of technology. Not having to use our mental abilities is the biggest drawback of technology. It only seems that people are getting smarter thanks to technology. The truth is that machines do the work for us. A book focuses our attention, isolating us from the myriad distractions that fill our daily lives. A networked computer does just the opposite. It is designed to disperse our attention, knowing that the depth of our thinking is directly related to the intensity of our attention. It is difficult not to conclude that as we adapt to the intellectual environment of the Net, our thinking becomes less profound. (Gopnik) It's a disaster," said Alan Eaton, a charismatic Latin teacher. He says technology has led to a "balkanization of their concentration and duration of endurance," and that schools are making the problem worse. problem when they adopt technology. (Wollen) "When rock 'n' roll came along, we didn't start using it in classrooms like we do with technology," he says personally. , because its advanced classes have a third fewer students than they did ten years ago (Wollen) At the University of ...... middle of paper ...... that's our credo, and we live mostly by them, as every breakfast person knows, it's not really about the quality of the bread or how it's sliced ​​or even on the grill. -bread. For man cannot live on toast alone, it's all about butter (Gopnik) Works Cited "How Does Technology Affect Your Family?" .go.com. October 22, 2008. Web. “HOW TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS OUR BRAINS.” » Encinitas Chiropractor August 16, 2010. Web. “Growing up digitally, wired for distraction.” New York Times November 21, 2010. The New York Times Company. Web. .