As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
technology has proven to be a boon and a bane to this generation for seeping into every aspect of our lives. The authors claim that it will deteriorate the ability of humans to think for themselves and for the most part I concur with the statement.
over a span of a hundred years, technology has become ubiquitous in the average lifestyle. Its effects can be observed in all fields pertaining to us; from work, education, medicine to space and ocean exploration, leaps are made in advancement thanks to incessantly upcoming technological marvels.
it is unsurprising then, that we turn to technology for all problems big or small. The advent of the fourth industrial revolution has turned IoT concepts like smart Homes and smart assistant into household names. With Alexa, Siri and Google assistant performing all our menial tasks for us, people don't have to expend time and energy for mindless chores. On the negative side, taking them for granted results in our mental and physical handicap in the absence of their help. Softwares crunch our numbers and analyse the data for us. Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning are slowly replacing us in our analytical role as well. One could argue that humans need to keep up with this technology and therefore we are not likely to lose our acute thinking prowess. A strong counter to the said argument can be found in the very technology we have to pace ourselves with. With AI and ML, some could say, our thinking caps can be permanently retired.
Which is why it is important to check our dependence on technology. To navigate through the myriad of technology's adverse impacts, conscious detoxing is necessary. Individuals of all age groups must be informed about the ramifications and suggested tips on distancing themselves from it.
Yuval Noah Harrari argued that Homo Sapiens as a species has not had enough time to familiarise itself to technology because of its exponential pace; we went from hoarders to hunters to farmers to corporate slaves in a brief period of time. Evolution is struggling to keep up with our inventions. So it follows naturally that we are challenged in finding our rhythm with technology.
Lack of intellectual stimulation has resulted in lower moods also. Studies have shown that overexposure to technology in all its forms can lead to many mental problems such as anxiety, depression, stress etc. Although technology has made our lives inexplicably easier, it has made it worse too.
In conclusion, I would advocate for a balance to be struck between our technology dependant lives and our technology free lives. I strongly believe that is the only way we can prevent it from taking over our lives.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, so, then, therefore, well, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 53.0 33.0505617978 160% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2256.0 2235.4752809 101% => OK
No of words: 449.0 442.535393258 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02449888641 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.60321845022 4.55969084622 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82783605653 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 260.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.579064587973 0.4932671777 117% => OK
syllable_count: 714.6 704.065955056 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.0162880973 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.0 118.986275619 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7083333333 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.45833333333 5.21951772744 47% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => 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: 0.16914149055 0.243740707755 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0523189445246 0.0831039109588 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0594156409454 0.0758088955206 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0869878014679 0.150359130593 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0764876306177 0.0667264976115 115% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 14.1392134831 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.93 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 125.0 100.480337079 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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