Technology, while apparently aimed to simplify our lives, only makes our lives more complicated.
Write a response in which you 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.
The effect that technology has on the lives of human beings has always been highly debated. The prompt suggests that technology has only made our lives more complicated. I strongly disagree with the prompt for the following reasons.
To begin, historically, technology has aimed to tackle seemingly impossible problems and find efficient solutions to these problems. For instance take the case of transportation. Pre-historic man often wandered around from place to place on foot. This form of transportation was sufficient at a time when humans still lived as hunters and gatherers. However with the coming of the agricultural age, human beings needed to transport large quantities of material from one region to another. For such a task moving around by foot was not an option as it would consume too much time. In such a scenario, the ingenuity of the farmers led to the development of the wheel, which allowed effective and efficient transporation of goods from place to place. The development of the wheel further led to the invention of cars and steam engines during the industrial revolution which allowed the mass transportation of people from one region to another. However as time passed by, and the world became more connected, conventional terrestrial transport (cars and trains) were no longer efficient and effective in transporting people between countries. This problem led to human beings developing air based travel through aeroplanes which significantly reduced the amount of time it took to travel from one country to another.
Furthermore, mature technology tries to make the lives of human beings more convinient. For example take the case of the booming Internet of Things (IoT) sector. IoT is a concept which combines ubiqutous computing with computer networking. In other words it aims to give intelligence to everyday objects, so that these objects can communicate with other objects and make usefull decisions. For instance consider an IoT based umbrella. This umbrella will continuously monitor the weather forecast of a region through the internet. If there is a chance of precipitation in the user's locality the umbrella will notify the user that he/she should take the umbrella if they venture outdoors. By doing the above set of actions the umbrella allows the user to not worry about the weather forecast and affords them to use their time to address more pressing concerns.
However there are those 'pundits' who believe that technology has only made the lives of human beings worse. They say that technology such as social networking are the root cause of depression and other mental health issues. This argument by the 'pundits' breaks down if one does a little research into the matter at hand. Social networking was born so that the world could become more united and individuals would get opportunities previously unavailable to them. With greater number of opportunities at hand an individual can follow his/her dreams with lesser constraints. Now I would like to ask these 'pundits' how is it possible that individuals get depressed if they are afforded opportunities, that previously did not exist, to follow their dreams.
In conclusion, I would like to say that technology is aimed at solving conundrums which need to be solved and improving on solutions that technology has already provided. Technology improves the overall living standards of human beings.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...n of people from one region to another. However as time passed by, and the world became...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'users'' or 'user's'?
Suggestion: users'; user's
...ere is a chance of precipitation in the users locality the umbrella will notify the u...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...e to address more pressing concerns. However there are those pundits who believe tha...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
furthermore, however, if, so, still, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 19.5258426966 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 33.0505617978 115% => OK
Preposition: 85.0 58.6224719101 145% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2859.0 2235.4752809 128% => OK
No of words: 546.0 442.535393258 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.23626373626 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.83390555256 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86561449506 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 280.0 215.323595506 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.512820512821 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 886.5 704.065955056 126% => 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: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.8904598865 60.3974514979 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.5862068966 118.986275619 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8275862069 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.51724137931 5.21951772744 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.174531359139 0.243740707755 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0504724886812 0.0831039109588 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0475328765262 0.0758088955206 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.115361110014 0.150359130593 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0558388619544 0.0667264976115 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 14.1392134831 90% => 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: 13.11 12.1639044944 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.4 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 134.0 100.480337079 133% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 11.8971910112 55% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
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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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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