Technology In Henrick Karoliszyn's Rereading America

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Most people would think that technology has had great effects on the entire population. From letting people connect with everybody through social media to having marriages being formed from using online dating. Some even use technology as a safe haven for when they are going through events that they can handle in the real world. Those are some pretty good examples to when technology is used by the right people in the correct manner. Unfortunately, the bad outweighs the good in most cases and when it comes to the use of technology the evilness of how other use technology is truly scary. Some authors in “Rereading America” have specific section in their articles to why technology has a bad side. Those sections main points are: technology is becoming more advanced and more expensive; separation from family; someone is always watching you (creepily); online dating not being used for dating; racism on the web; and law enforcement issues. As we all should know, when technology is becoming more advanced the prices for certain technology will be risen. Technology is not free my any means, so when the less successful percent of people do not have enough money to upgrade their technological devices, how would they be able to succeed in a world where technology is obviously becoming essential. …show more content…
In Henrick Karoliszyn’s article, “Precognitive Police”, he provides the audience with generalized plans that would help track down criminals in a much effective manner. There were some pretty efficient plans and some that would need some time to adjust to. There was one issue that the author made evident to the audience; that was what if the police officers disregard what the piece of technology is telling them and only goes after a specific race. With the way that certain police officers are treating minorities, I would definitely stick to the plan with some of these new

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