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Essential Question: How has digital obsession affected our society?

Thesis: Within a couple of years, our society has made a drastic change on how much we depend on digital/electronic media.

Argument 1: Feed and how it relates to our society
Feed by M.T. Anderson talks about how the digital media has totally changed us and the way we live. Majority of the characters in Feed have a Feed hooked up to their brain. This is the most important part of their body; when something goes wrong with their Feed then they are in danger. We seem to massively depend on these devices and cannot seem to leave them behind. When we find ourselves without them we are in trouble. Even if we try to detach ourselves from the usage of such materials we are forced by our society to do so. Without the usage of these materials, it seems like our futures will be in jeopardy.

Argument 2: Informal research articles
After doing some research on certain digital/electronic materials there was some troubling information found. A commonly used device like cell phones can cause users much harm. It causes radiation to the brain and this can lead to many dangerous side effects to the skin, sleep, heart and many more areas. This shows that even if these materials seem to cause harm to us if not now then right away, we don’t care at all. This shows how the digital/electronic devices have totally made us risk our health just by using them.

Argument 3: Wall-E
Watching that 10 minute clip in class showed so much in so little time. Looking at the world Wall-E lived in was exactly how our world will start to look like soon if everything keeps going the same way it is right now. Much of the planet will be filled with trash and be crawling around with insects. It will be hard to recognize how it will look in some time from now. Characters in the movie that were on aboard the spaceship were completely lost in their own world. They were all in a state of disembodiment; this was caused by the power chairs with the screens in front of them. They were all chatting away with other people; at one point Wall-E distracts one individual and the screen disappears in front of her. This is when she realizes what kind of environment she is surrounded in. Before that she had no idea where she was; the digital products kept her entertained.

Conclusion:
The digital obsession has affected our society in many different ways. For some these may be good, for others these may lead us into many problems in the very near future.