***Essay is based on format used for NPR radio shows***I believe that technology and the Internet are the downfall of human ability. I believe it has cost me the ability to do basic math and spelling.When I started school there was always this fundamental belief that if I did not learn this today I would not be able to progress. So I studied hard at my math and English all the way to around grade six. There I found a magical tool that would do math for me, and b ...view middle of the document...
Sure I can still do various math operations quickly but if you remove my calculator I become useless. I now fail at basic devision and multiplication. Fractions are horrible and we best hope I am not a cashier when the power goes out.Another thing technology has taken from me is my ability to spell. So far, while writing this I have corrected sixteen words. I no longer have the ability to spell. I now rely of on the spell checker in my word processor.I believe that as I progress through life I will become more and more dependent upon these machines and in the event that I lose them or the power goes out I will be lost. I already expect my computer to find news stories relevant to me instead of looking at the broader spectrum of news to find what I like. It finds books to my liking; instead of making me try something new.With all this technology I believe it will restrict us in more ways than we thought. From Digital Rights Management on music (Programs that prevent you from transferring it more than once) and computers becoming our opponents in games instead of other people.When the best chess player in the world can not beat a computer at his own game what is the point in playing, what is the point in learning math, or how to spell? If a computer can do it faster, better, and with less errors.
