How Technology has Impacted our Lives in a Negative Way
Have you ever wondered how Technology has impacted our lives in a negative way? Most people think that it makes life better, easier but in reality many people's lives have changed because of this.
Many people are getting injured because of technology. About 1.6 million crashes happen because people are texting and driving. Making 330,000 injuries of the people that were texting and driving. Most of these accidents are caused by teens that can drive and adults. 34% of people have admitted to be texting and driving when the crash occurred. 13% of the people were people from ages 18-20 admit to have been texting and driving.
Teens that have phones and are always on it even at night don't sleep as many hours as they should be sleeping. Teens need about 9 to 9 ¼ hours of sleep but they sometimes get 7 hours or less. Some teens don't sleep at all at night because they spend their times on their phones. When your phone wakes you up from a peaceful sleep it will start to make you lose Melatonin which are hormones that control our sleeping and waking cycle. By people reducing Melatonin it starts to make it harder for people to go to sleep or sometimes stay asleep. Sometimes if you watch a movie before going to sleep or even just texting someone goodnight your brain will make you think that you still need to stay awake. The light that your phone provides mimics the daylight. Causing people to wake up tired, anxious, and depressed.
With technology always around us we don't communicate as much as we used to with the people around us. When there wasn't a lot of technology back then people would talk to each other if they were waiting even if a person was a stranger. But now people spend most of their time talking on the phone or just doing something on their phones and don't bother asking someone how their day is going that is next to them. People should at least try to talk to others around them instead of always being on their phones.
Technology has also affected people's educations. People that like to be on their phones all day don't do their homework and don't learn everything that they need to know. Sometimes kids have their phones with them during the school day and try to use it as much as they can. Sometimes kids forget about their homework because they just spend their whole time after school on their phones.
I did a survey on the kids in my school. The first question I asked was how many hours do they spend on technology. The highest someone spends on technology in my school is a whole day. The other answers were 10 hours, 8 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 ½ hours. Another question I asked was how many hours do you sleep. The lowest was 6 hours and the highest was 10 hours the other answers were 9 hours, 8 phours, and 7 hours.
Another question was how long can you go without your phone. 3 people said 30 minutes, 1 person said 1 hours, 3 people said 3 hours, and 2 people said other. The last question was do you think technology is bad for you. 10 people said it's not bad and only 2 people said yes.
