Technology: The Biggest, Baddest Monster Under the BedAs our innovative world rapidly moves into the future, technology is being invented and innovated every moment. This technology ranges from high-end video game systems to microscopic robots designed to perform internal surgeries. Although these impressive technological improvements have been made recently, they are not entirely beneficial because this technology harms our social and learning skills, while harming us as human beings. People around the world have realized the same thing I did, and many professionals and authors have conducted studies and written books and articles to prove that technology is stealing from us. A particularly interesting and informative article is “The Four Negative Effects of Society” by Alice Martin. In this article, Martin talks about what she sees as the four main negative effects of technology on our society. First of all, Martin talks about high exasperation. What she means by high exasperation is that people have become so attached to today's modern technology that when asked to do something while using their technology, they become frustrated at having to put their technology stalled in order to carry out this person's commands. . An example of this is a child playing an online video game in which there is no pause option and his mother asks him to take out the trash. The child is furious at having to put the controller down for even a minute, which could cause domestic problems. Next, Martin mentions society's deteriorating patience. Today, people want things and they want them quickly because that's the norm. When a web page loads slowly or a text fails to send, the user loses patience and finds himself in the middle of pieces of paper. Finally, Hindenach says using texting as an excuse for being late is unacceptable. If you meet someone at 3:00 p.m. and they text you at 2:55 p.m. to tell you they're going to be late, it doesn't matter whether they tell you or not because you're going to be waiting either way. With all these great technological advancements today, it is becoming quite difficult to keep up with and appreciate the smallest and most important things in life, like family and even being outside, simply enjoying of life. Today, technology runs the world and there is not much evidence to contradict this statement. Just because he controls the world doesn't mean he has to control you. You are free to make your own choices, whether you spend your days cooped up in your house on your blog that everyone cares about or whether you go out, explore, make friends and create memories..