Essay Shout Outs!

Awesome Job Overall!

Dominic

Ben

Taylor

Racheal

James

Tommy

Awesome Titles!

The Techno Apocolypse – Drew

Oh My Gosh! This is too Cool! – Emily

Bite Me Technology – Racheal

Our Lives Depended on It- Isreal

Technology is a Campfire – Taylor

24 Painstaking Ways Technology Can Save Your Life- Dominic

Taken – Damaris

What in the World is a Wonderful Life?  –  Cherita

Awesome Sentences!

Dominic

“So Dom, when you upload your picture on here, where does it go?” (Questions about posting online)  and

“I served with countless heroes, endless death dealers and true patriots dedicasted to the notion of the United States of America.” and

“Fuck that, when we saw all sides of the room closing in with the only option being separation we decided to clasp our hands and made our own entrance.”

Ken

“It’s very possible to randomly make friends with someone in Australia without ever leaving your bed.”

Ben

“All of this is done from wherever I choose to be in the world.”

“You are putting yourself, your thoughts and life all over the internet for no unavoidable purpose. As a society, we are not wise enough to have this kind of power.”

William S.

“It enables us to communicate from literally anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds.”

Jonathan

“I want  you to ask yourself this question: Am I really making myslef a better person by knowing what my favorite celebrity is doing at all times?”

Emily

“Technology runs the world around us. Just like money and power.” and

“Are you in love with technology?”

James

“When I was a kid, there was one phone for everyone in the house. It was connected to the house via a cable in the wall, and if you wanted t o use it, to  that wall you stayed.” – I LOVE THIS SENTENCE! (probably because I can relate.)

Great Ideas

“I used this equipment everyday because my life depended on it.” Isreal on military technology

“We as humans have an instinct to want and have security. Technology makes that possible.” Melissa on how technology brings greater security to money, homes (But this is controversial)

“Society has become more lazy as technology has advanced.” Kevin on technology breeding laziness

“Sooner or later technology is going to be more advanced than we can be, and we will no longer be needed in our society.” Kevin on technology outpacing the human species.

“They can get their name trending around the world. ” Taylor on the benefits of social media

“Technology has kept me away from reality.” Damaris on the down side to social media.

Confrontations are being resolved while looking at a screen instead of looking into another person’s eyes”  and

“Social media is killing our youth and rendering them helpless for the real world.” – Ben on the down sides to social media

“I believe that this [social media] has caused a serious problem with people’s social skills.”  – Rachael on the down side to social media

“Even war, one of the most brutal and savage of primal human instincts, benefits from technology. No longer do nations have to carpet bomb an entire city to stop the enemy from producing machines of war. Now, we can launch a GPS guided missile into the window of the building of our targets, or fire a rocket from a drone to a specific vehicle.” – James on War, which he insightfully realized has been a huge beneficiary of technology. It has also been a huge DRIVER of the DEVELOPMENT of technology. Just where do you think the internet came from?

“Technology provides me and many others basic human needs, such as heating and electricity. Many people take for granted the fact that you can turn a light switch and that sends an electric current to a light bulb and provide light in a dark room.” Thomas on our more basic technology.

“Personal information, corporate data or proprietary information stored on electronic media devices is the cause for many people to enter the cyber security workforce.” – Thomas on the need for cyber security.

“Two decades ago, many people would never be able to continue to maintain lasting friendships and relationships due to the lack of ability to do so easily.”  Thomas on technology and communication/human relationships

Topics Explored
Must Select Five of these for the Debate

Transportation

Communication

The Internet (very controversial)

Social Media (very controversial) & Social Engienering

Education (very controversial)

Medical Advances (very controversial)

Military Technology (very controversial)

Global Economies

Job Creation via new technologies (very controversial)

Job Destruction due to new technologies

Wealth Distribution

Machines and Devices (Tablets, lap tops, phones, GPS, smart TV’s – and the cost of these things)

Online Shopping and Banking (very controversial – not really addressed all that much)

Safety and Security (very controversial – not really addressed all that much)

Not Discussed at All But of Particular Interest to me:

Algortithms and

Artificial Intelligence