Computers are convenient devices that many of us use daily. They have become a part of our lives, allowing us to work from home, stay in contact with friends or family, and keep track of important issues like finances, stocks and international news. There is literally a whole world of knowledge at our fingertips as soon as we log onto the World Wide Web. But have we become too reliant? Everybody remembers the sheer panic that occurred throughout the world when the millennium approached, talks of super viruses and quite literally, the end of civilization as we knew it. There are now computers made for three year olds! What happened to good old fashioned books? What happens to our literacy and grammatical skills if everything we write is automatically spellchecked by our computer? My verdict is that they are there to enhance our lives but we must not revolve around technology. We have to remember to go out once in awhile and experience the world. Not to be cooped up in a house spending hours watching Cops.

Now I’m not saying that all technology is bad and we should stop the use of it completely. Computers make our lives easier and give us new ways to learn about the things that we’re interested in. They make it easier to record and organize information and entertain us with nearly endless variety of games. Medical operations and new advancements in the medical field have helped save millions of lives. An article by ABC news collaborated with MedPage Today to find out the top 10 medical advancements in this decade that had the most impact on society. A mere 25 years ago, when a patient came to a hospital with a heart attack, the best that could be done was to put the patient in a darkened room, give him or her morphine for pain and lidocaine, which doctors believed would prevent dangerous irregular heartbeats, and hope for the best. By contrast, treating a heart