“Both the development of technological tools and the uses to which humanity has put them have
created modern civilizations in which loneliness is ever increasing.”
Like many tools, the product of technology depends on the user. Some say that our technology has increased loneliness in today’s society, but some say that our technology has increased community in today’s society. In reality, the outcome of this technology depends on the personality and intent of the user.
On one hand, many developed technologies have enabled people to avoid socializing. For instance, email is commonly used in business settings over conversations. Also, many people now shop online and can even buy groceries now without leaving their homes. Antisocial or introverted people may use technologies like these to avoid socializing which may increase their loneliness.
However, there are many platforms that can be used to connect people and create communities across the world. Social medias like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat can be used to remain in contact with friends across the world, thus, decreasing loneliness. Currently, online communities are also important for many people. With the many online social spaces in video games or entertainment apps like Tumblr and iFunny, people can experience social connections with people they have never met. Through these communities, the user may meet individuals that they befriend, or they may have decreased loneliness due to the general support of the community.
In reality, both sides of the spectrum, loneliness and socializing, have increased because technology provides the user with the tools to avoid or embrace society. The decision of how the individual uses the technology depends on their characteristics because the technology of today provides them the tools to more fully express this personality than in the past.
Technology is what you make it. It can be used to increase one’s distance from society, making one lonelier. Or it can be used to connect individuals, decreasing one’s loneliness. The impact of technology on modern society depends on the intent and characteristics of the user. In modern civilizations, more extreme cases of loneliness and socializing are seen because technology amplifies the user’s personality.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, so, thus, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 19.5258426966 46% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 11.3162921348 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 21.0 33.0505617978 64% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 58.6224719101 84% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1829.0 2235.4752809 82% => OK
No of words: 328.0 442.535393258 74% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.5762195122 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.25567506705 4.55969084622 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.07211648342 2.79657885939 110% => OK
Unique words: 161.0 215.323595506 75% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.490853658537 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 588.6 704.065955056 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.9264683993 60.3974514979 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.2631578947 118.986275619 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.2631578947 23.4991977007 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.68421052632 5.21951772744 51% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.215636664454 0.243740707755 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0688612530068 0.0831039109588 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0516846336494 0.0758088955206 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.128930640984 0.150359130593 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0603843758413 0.0667264976115 90% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 14.1392134831 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.3 48.8420337079 76% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.79 12.1639044944 122% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.52 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 100.480337079 84% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.