Technology

Without a doubt, technology is changing the world on a daily basis. In the last 20 years alone we have made leaps and bounds in the fields of medicine, business, and communication. But where does it stop.? When do we say enough is enough.? The world isn't even the same anymore. Technology has it's benefits, but I believe it is starting to become detrimental to our society.
Let's start with the small issues and work our way up. Our society is becoming very unhealthy. What happened to a large fry and drink.? Oh no.! Now you have to "Whatasize it.!" "Super size it.!" and "Biggie size it.!" which is fine, except we dont do much to keep the weight off. And why should we.? I mean we can go home, turn on the tv (with all 150 channels.!) and when you're tired of Who wants to be a Millionaire.? you can go hop on the computer. Now days our youth want to sit at home and watch the 9 different channels of Nickolodian (spelling.?) or just get on AIM and talk to all their friends while they check their MySpace and listen to stolen music. Pft, who wants to go play outside after school.? It's hot as hell out there right now. I'll have Central Cooling with a Keyboard, please. I was playing WoW (yeah. i love MMO's) just the other day and my boss, so i thought, starts sending me tells talking trash. Naturally, i retort back with speed, accuracy, and non-stop verbal shots below the belt. Come to find out, it was his 7 year old daughter.!!! This little adorable girl was over here ragging on me and takling to me, just like her daddy, and i had no idea.! Her typing was perfect.! I remember learning to type when i was about 13, becuase the school made me...
Hackers are running rampant. A good hacker can just sit at home and make a living on the computer. They can get your Social Security Number, your credit card number, passwords to everything on your computer, bascially - ANYTHING. All they do is use a keylogger. It's crazy. Our personal security is compromised on a daily basis when we hop on the internet and just start bidding like a madman on EBAY. "But i have the most up to date computer protection programs." NO.! You think those people aren't smart enough to keep up with that and work around it.? C'mon now.
Let's go a step above hackers. Predators. These sick fucks sit around all day and talk to underage kids, both girls and bois. Haven't you seen the commercial.? The little girl says that guys his age really "get her." They understand. Noone else does. They really get their rocks off playing the whole game, the understanding, charming person who is the only one that really gets you. These people get busted left and right by FBI agents posing as young kids and setting these people up, but to be honest - Even if you had 100,000 agents on the computer every day acting like underage kids, you still woudln't catch all of them. It's just too easy. And they get off a little too easy, in my opinion.
At what point are we gonna piss someone off so bad that they make (or build, whatever.) a huge nuke and then send it our way.? Certainly we'd have to send one theirs. America will not stand for that.!!! So then, both countries are left with a barren waste land of dirt and a radiation infected population, if we're lucky. This would certainly cripple the world's economy, but then the allies of each side would have to fight it out, and eventually the world would slowly become just another uninhabited planet.
What about cell phones.? Dude, i seriously have no clue how people did without them 20 years ago. My cell phone is never more than 5 feet from me. I charge it on my nightstand, and then it stays on my ear or in my pocket during my 18hour day. But what about the research that is showing a huge link between cell phones and brain cancer.?? I suppose it's like cigarettes. You can prove it and preach till you're blue in the face but ultimately, people are still gonna smoke, and they're damn sure gonna keep that cell phone on them. The world is at your fingertips, literally. Hell you can get on the internet and check your email using just your thumb.
Technology is growing so fast that it's starting to scare me. Call me crazy but i do believe eventually it is going to be our downfall. I believe that one day, we are going to start being implanted with Chips or tattoo'd with bar codes or something for identification. Almost like your CVS card, but inside your hand or something. Now, i'm only 21years old man but i've said it since i was 10years old. I really would have liked to have grown up in the '50's. Times were so much simpler. It wasn't uncommon to hop on your bike and ride 3miles to the creek 2 or 3 times a day to go swimming, or fishing, or just to hang out. TV was civilized. Some cardboard fat kid eating cheasy-poofs on tv yelling "GOD DAMN IT KYLE YOU FUCKING JEW" was unheard of. Words like that were spoken behind closed doors.
Well class is over, sorry for cutting it short. :-/ i hope this blog is ok.
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