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Ciara De Rosa
Ms. Hoogewerf
Writing for College Success
5 November 2015
Technological Disadvantage
I.

Introduction
A. People see. People create. People imagine and through this they conquer. But with
what does conquering coincide? To conquer, indefinitely means to cease the
existence of something else something that could potentially be better than that of
which is built in its dust.
B. Thesis: Innovation is infinitely expanding and, in the eyes of its creators and
materialistic dwellers, something necessary to solve the problems of today as well as
tomorrows and yesterdays; however, the dependency mankind has on computers has
caused corruption of todays man: a corruption that could lead to the destruction of

II.

tomorrows.
Lack of basic reasoning
A. With the continual progression through technological advantage, modern
man lacks the capability and overall competence to solve problems once
deemed easily attainable.
B. Man sees things like a transition from now to the future enticing, and indulge
themselves in the lack of their own mind.
1. The average human no longer understands the necessity of basic
comprehension, for the addiction to internet availability has debased the
ordinary mind.
a. long division / simple math
b. researching basic things
c. concepts once obtained through awareness

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III.

Inability to accept primitive fundamentals

A. Computers have become a safe haven for society.
B. In the transition from problem-solving to problem-searching, the mind has
sequentially grown dimmer and less proficient in formulating reactions and
growth through unadorned circumstances.
1. Probing the electrical world has resulted in a hindrance of the brains

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effectiveness in simpler conditions.

a. maps / geographical situation issues
b. plane navigation, controlling of things
c. dictionaries / thesaurus / lessened vocabularies
Dissipation of face-to-face communication
A. Societal growth has impeded on the lack of personal availability in upfront
conversation and not that in which is construed by a computer screen.
B. Tomorrow, although a day that prods man in noticing specific technicalities, holds
a promise that yesterday never could; with this, humans have lost touch with one
another.
1. The thrill of falsified emotions and divulgence in imagination is a leading
factor in ridding oneself of everyday prosaicness, thus birthing the death of

personal, flesh communication.

a. texting one another
b. social media
c. online dating
V.
Conclusion
A. Restatement of thesis: In the modernized day, mans self-deceit reigns over most
other things. Meaning, through the incapability to suffice without the computer,
mankind is lying to itself. It is depending wholly on the published works by which the
average human was once able to obtain with basic knowledge of the fact.
B. Although it is commonly believed that the concept of electronical innovation is
pushing the world to a new degree of efficiency, it is actually forfeiting the
competence of the typical man. Through computers mankind has grown dependent,

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and it will not push the world to a higher state of knowing, but pull the world back
toward a lesser state of being.