All Hail Skynet

All Hail Skynet

Technology has made us dependent of it when it comes to learning new ways to think for ourselves. Humanity is becoming more feeble minded after each use of the internet. Technology does has its benefits. It has made our lives much easier with new phones that are similar to computers and cars that can break to ensure the driver doesn’t get into an accident. However, each generation that comes into this new world will become dependent on technology. It’s to the point that a thirty-five year old will need to pick up a calculator to see if two plus two does equal four. Writers such as, Nicholas Carr from The Atlantic who wrote “Is Google Making Us Stupid” and Tim Wu who wrote “As technology gets better, will society get worse?”, write about how humanity is more dependent on technology than ever before. Technology is a cancer that eats away humanities brains. This may be the era of technology, but it is also the era of humanities downfall.  

Some people find it difficult to either pick up a book and start reading or begin doing their homework. The reason because of this is because most people want to be stuck watching television or texting their friends. Carr explains how even reading a few paragraphs is a struggle when he says, “ Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it”(Carr 2). Humanity is more interested in finding out the latest trend Twitter, because it’s much easier to read a two sentence post than a two page paper. It’s possible than most people won’t even read this two page paper. The readers will probably skim it.

Kids now a days pay more attention to the latest technological trend than their own lives. Kids use to love texting on their phones. Today kids use different ways of communicating with their peers with other applications such as “Instagram”, “Snapchat”, or “Facebook Messenger”. Even if a person has a friends number on their phone, they will often use “Facebook Messenger” as another way to interact with their friends. Kids also worry about their peers responding to their message that it drives them crazy. Maryam Abolfazli who is a writer in Washington says, “The three dots shown while someone is drafting a message is quite possibly the most important source of eternal hope and ultimate letdown in our daily lives”(Abolfazli 1). Each generation that comes to this world will soon wonder what a number two pencil is because they will either use the latest mechanical pen or a pen they can write with their tablets.

As technology evolves, humanity will soon forget how to survive. Most people now a days can tie a fisherman's knot without having to “Google it”.  It makes sense that the older generation looks down upon each new generation because they fear that the new generation will have no survival skills. Wu writes about how only the strong survive when he says, “Only those prepared to face hardship and make sacrifices could survive.”(Wu 2). Wu also states, “The problem with technological evolution is that it is under our control and, unfortunately, we don’t always make the best decisions”(Wu 3). For example, people often have trouble chosen a new phone and with all the new applications that make it difficult to choose the right phone. It’s great that humanity has technology that can help it shape the future, but humanity also needs to learn to adapt if that technology is ever taken from them.

Technology does has its benefits, but it also has its disadvantages. It makes each generation more independent that no child will be able to think for themselves. We look at the old technology and laugh because we have better technology such as ultra high definition flat-screen televisions that can also be three-dimensional that will soon make the next generation wonder what in the world is a movie theater. The technology that we have today will also become obsolete one day. As technology progresses, humanity will see paper as a handkerchief and wipe their pizza stains with The New York Times.  

Same Excuses

                        Same Excuses

    Nicholas Kristof makes some persuasive point on how immigrants can help improve the United States economy in “Immigration Enriches You and Me”. For many years the american people have seen immigrants as a parasite that must be cleansed from our civilization. United States citizens always use the same excuses to keep immigrants out of United States soil, such as overpopulation or stealing our jobs. Fear is our number one enemy for progressing as a nation. If United States citizens keep pushing immigrants away, them what is the point of having Lady Liberty. At this point she might as well be a huge paper weight for all citizenship applications that congress will never pass. If the United States are to become a free nation, then the citizens of the United States must accept all immigrants into their country.

    Kristof explains how Americans fear immigrants because they, quote, “threaten our way of life”. Americans fear that they will not have enough space to fit all the immigrants in the United States. Another excuse is that North Americans are afraid they will lose their jobs to immigrants who will take a job for little pay. Although these statements are true, they are just excuses that have been use since the very beginning of immigrants. Irishmen were not welcome with open arms when they first set foot in American soil. Americans feared that their jobs will be taken away from them. Today Americans are now trying to push Mexicans away from their country. It’s a cycle that keep on changing target from one country to another.

Ed Butowsky who wrote “We cannot afford amnesty for illegal immigrants”. Butowsky believes that each immigrant will cost the United States more taxes. He uses math to strike fear into each and every one of his readers. The fact that Butowsky uses money to prove his point makes himself look like a scared child trying to protect his stash of candy. When Kristof explains how immigrants can actually help pay taxes and create more jobs when he says, “Parasites? No, they’re our assets.” These are assets that we can use to straighten our economy, military, and our nation.

North Americans believe that kicking immigrants out of the United States will not have any consequences. Consequences such as separating children from their families and putting them in foster homes or out on the street when he says, “more than 5,000 children who are United States citizens are with foster families because their parents have been detained or deported.” Americans make these decisions without thinking who they might hurt in the process. Another will be the cost to send these people back to their homes. According to Bryan York from the Washington Examiner, he explains that it cost more money to deport an immigrant rather than to let them live in peace when he says, “ The President will ask for a large amount a money, as much as $2 billion.” This money can be used to help build school, apartments, and create jobs for these immigrants who can later help pay taxes for others like themselves.

North Americans believe they are the superior nation, but they have forgotten what they stand for. When immigrants come to the United States, they come here for the freedom of opportunity. Instead the are prosecuted by others such as Theodore Roosevelt when he says, “Every immigrant who come here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.” The United States are keeping immigrants from coming into their country. It’s only a matter of time that other countries share the same courtesy that Americans have shown them.

Jobs and overpopulation are the same excuses that have been used to keep immigrants out of the United States. We never try to look at the benefits that immigrants will provide us. Americans citizens are afraid that immigrants will bring changed only to benefit themselves. If money is really the problem, then we should invite more people into our country to help get out of debt and create more jobs for years to come. United States citizens must think about how deporting will affect not only themselves, but other families. Change is scary, but it can also be beneficial.