Assignment 2- Ben Lambert

Technology has the world more connected today than it has ever been. With the touch of a button, I can communicate with anyone in the world. While this may all seem as if it has a positive impact on life as we know it, with this power comes inconveniences.

Technology, and cell phones alone, take up hours of my day. If I sit down to do my homework, within 30 minutes I find myself glued to my iPhone screen. This mini-computer can make 30-minute tasks turn into 2-hour tasks. As a matter of fact, while writing this very post, I got distracted and started chatting in a group message about politics.

On days where I don't have my phone- whether it's taken, dead, etc,- I find myself to be much more productive in that time frame. I read a book instead of reading my feed on Twitter. I talk to people face-to-face rather than over a screen. I am even in a better mood because I feel that I have accomplished more.

While I do believe that the world is a better place with modern technology, I also believe that we could be falling into a slippery slope. With our phones, people become more and more lazy every day.