technology is taking over

Resolution:Technology is taking over. My opponent has provided no definitions at the start of this debate but for practical purposes only I will provide a makeshift definition which I will claim is no better than my opponents unless she wishes to contend this very definition. I take the resolution to mean that Technology or technology of convenience is becoming mainstream and is becoming obsessive in the eyes of the public. Technology is a tool at the best of times and a monster at the worst. Technology of necessity is what should be promoted not technology of connivance. The ramifications of technology are arbitrary at best but this is exactly why we must be careful. The dependency factor is really one of the most prominent risks of technology. Most of the so called advantages of technology are really a harmful factor as one great chemistry teacher once said "The better you are at Math, the worse you are at arithmetic." This is clearly a negative aspect of technology. A reliance on technology for information may be useful for research but when it becomes a primary source of information (especially being generally editable) then the source of the knowledge defeats the purpose of learning. Any technology that tries to make something easier in terms of learning defeats the very subject. In others words a calculator defeats arithmetic. I am not arguing that technology isn't useful in the learning process; I am only arguing that any argument that would try to place Technology as needed or very useful toward learning fails because if someone argues this they must accept that learning can simply be understood as looking to read and copy off literally the Internet. In fact if one wants to say that technology can help in learning they must not account anything to comprehension. Also Technology isn't only non-helpful in learning due to the possible consequences and the possibility of distraction. Overuse of technology also may lead to addiction to the very thing that is supposed to be helping. I would like to point out that while the benefits of technology are few and grossly exaggerated but I feel that we compromise ourselves intellectually when we say technology is conductive to learning. Furthermore, my opponent has already conceded this debate. She says "People would kill themselves because they wouldn't be able to use their blackberry" this clearly shows that materialistic nature of technology is at the very least taking over. If one is to kill themselves over losing a possession then one ought to be able to admit that that possession has taken over there life. And finally concluding my case, the fact that technology of necessity exists is a testament to the fact that technology is "taking over. I would like to move to refute my opponents case: I would like to refute the most fallacious statements first then move to the more suddle ones: "Without technology, all hell would break loose." I honestly doubt things were anymore peaceful before the atomic bomb or even before the Iphone really. People kill people, it may not be a nice fact of life but it is. There maybe people that too distracted by their phones to mug someone but this solves none of the problems of society. "But I'm here as a voice. I'm here as a voice to the technology creators, nerd lings all over the world who are obsessed with gaming the most important people of all – US – high school kids who need to do their assignments, and hand them in on time. Us, who need to know who feel a Need to share every thought or every "awkward moment" we encounter throughout the duration of our day. But most importantly, I'm here as a voice to the best us – the us who just wants to have fun, and listen to music, and just play Temple run whenever we feel like it! " Ahem, ad populum anybody. Regardless of who believes that they can do what they want, it doesn't make the validity of a harmful technology any better. "Technology helps us... It tells us the weather, when movies are on, or what your BFFLs are doing" Sure, and I readily grant that. But we are not talking about whether technology has benefits but rather are the risks substantial enough to consider that Technology is taking over. "And if you don't agree with my statement(s) then why are you here, debating online?" Ad hominium anybody? Showing that the character of the person making a argument is bad doesn't make the argument bad. Thank you and I eagerly await your response. \n Mi corazon de bebe es mi mundo 3/5/2012-4ever