Abstract
Our technology helps us every day to complete tasks more efficiently and allows us to connect and reach out to the world around us. While it has made our lives more comfortable it has left some people complacent and has opened up more issues in our personnel lives. Some of our advancements have robbed us of basic skills that we need to retain. Teens have become so reliant on calculators that most colleges have banned them for placement tests. Some people have become so dependent on the technology around us that they will knowingly follow it and get themselves in a life or death situation such as with Global Positioning System.

With the internet in almost every home and now on our cell phones we have been introduced to new issues to think and worry about. From hackers to viruses designed to break into your home computer or a company’s computer system just to get your personnel information. The internet has made it easier for thieves to steal your identity and ruin you financially taking years to fix. Our teens spend a lot of their time on internet and in most cases social media websites, which has made it easier for pedophiles and bullies to targeting our children putting them in danger. Yes, technology is a great thing but with the advancements also come a new set of problems when we get too reliant and complacent with the technology we us.

As a society we have become way too reliant on the technology around us that help make our life easier. We all remember last year when super storm sandy hit the east coast. If you were like me, you lost power for days, no electricity which meant no lights and no computer or internet and no cell phone service. How did you deal with the lack of the internet and your cell phone? If you were like my family, we had old oil lamps and flash lights for light and we read books to