Blog 1

Are we cyborgs?

AS of 2000, I feel that at least ninety three percent of the world’s populations are cyborg’s.
This assumption as to do with the way I feel that technology is forcefully taken over the world. Not just by the usage of credit cards, but with the fact that if I call any type of company I’m going to spend at least ten minutes on the phone with an automated voice before I get to an actual human being. Going to the supermarket, or even the pharmacy there are the self checkout stations. The two most important items in the world that makes us cyborgs would be the ever growing internet and cell phone craze. I don’t think a person could rest without checking up on there myspace, facebook, or twitter account, and how many time have we all been late to work, school or something rather important all because we had to find or go back to get are cell phone. Don’t get me wrong I’m very grateful and so happy that these things are in existence, but because of them (internet and cell phones) we have gotten so lazy as a society. Instead of doing real research and taking time to look up information to find out more about a topic for school, I can just google it. You can go to sites like youtube.com and look up all kinds of fights and many other forms irresponsible behavior. For me the cell phone is the worst. It has such power or people that people forget all about their own safety. I’ve seen so many people trip, run into something, or almost get hit by a car all because there were either talking on the phone, texting on the phone, or looking for the phone. Because of the cell phone people lose their manners. It’s more important to have a conversation on your cell phone than to pay attention to a person who is ringing you up taking your money, or your credit card information at the checkout counter, it’s more important for people to be texting or checking up on their facebook status than to be paying attention in class or at work. Because of cell phones people can’t really remember any phone numbers, and because of cell phones “parents” (I use that term very loosely) haven’t got a clue about what is going on with their own children in and or out of school. Before cell phones to over everyone’s life if you wanted to give your child a message you had to call the school and you spoke with an administrator and that we be the perfect time for you do get caught up on if your child was doing good or bad. Now they just called the child directly during school, and the child actually picks up the cell phone while in class with no thought of how inappropriate they are being.