Has technology ever inconvenienced you or hurt you? Maybe technology got in your way, slowed you down or even literally hurt you? Have you seen technology have a negative impact on society?
Even though at first thought cars seem like they're incredibly convenient, I can think of multiple ways cars have had a negative impact on my life and even stopped me from carrying out plans. First of all, cars are one in many factors that have led to our communities growing bigger and further apart. Unfortunately for me, this also means that almost nothing worth walking/biking to is in walking/biking distance. So, if my parents or my sister is out, I am completely and helplessly stuck at home. I can't even begin to count the number of times I have responded to a friend "sorry, I don't have a ride". In this aspect, cars have become an incredible inconvenience (although my opinion might change once I can legally drive by myself...). On top of that, cars have an undeniably negative impact on our society. They emit pollution into the environment and promote unclean societies. In fact, our cars spewed about 1.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from burning gasoline in 2007. That doesn't sound very good... In these ways cars have had a negative impact on my life.
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