A Technological Humanity
The technology surrounding everyone in modern society affects everyday activities. Since the dawn of man, humans have produced ideas to make life more enjoyable and easier. From Galileo's telescope to Gates's computers, people have developed objects to enrich their everyday lives. The technological advancements throughout history, affect humanity in many several apparent ways.
Computers contain information sometimes unwanted by others. They influence minds in both good and bad ways, and allow people to share information that they would otherwise be unable to attain. Even if a person does not own a computer or credit cards, information about anyone can be discovered through this technological advancement. Technology, just now beginning to be manipulated and harnessed, is affecting the minds of small children and adolescents in ways that could possibly become harmful. It also gives another form of communication and exchange of information previously unavailable.
Anyone owning computer can access offensive material such as pornography or violent websites. With just a few clicks of a mouse, one can view a problem that jeopardizes the nation's moral and ethical values. Often times the young people accessing such websites in cyberspace aren't even old enough to understand the complete meaning of human sexuality. More often, the adults accessing these websites, who do have a common understanding of sexuality, obtain distorted views of normal sexual behavior. Violence plagues the streets of America today. If kids see gangsters in Los Angeles committing drive-by shootings or the KKK burning the cross, they receive a false sense of reality. In order to save our children's innocence and America's moral values, the Internet should be strictly regulated.
With the new online wave, minds not only of small children, but also adolescents and adults become influenced by outside information. As the mind develops, things such as pornography is no longer the main...
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