Step 2 of SIgnature Essay

In Attached to Technology Paying the Price, it talks mostly about how Mr. Campbell has changed due to technology. The article goes on to explain in the beginning how Mr. Campbell overlook an email for 12 days due lack of paying attention. He almost missed a 1.3 million dollar deal that he was offered to one of his start up internet companies. Later in the article it talks about him at home with his family. His family is based around technology. Even when he went away on vacation he was playing with his devices. He Landed another multi-million dollar deal that his wife said was okay but didn’t like the fact he was playing games though. In the article it talked about a study how multitaskers didn’t do as well on a test that tested to see details compared to people who weren’t multi tasking.
The article shows how people can be so distracted due to technology. It goes on to explain how Mr Campbells life is over taken from technology. In the article it said how he would know the exact time that his devices would be offline. Also there was a study that showed that he would change rapidly several times from program to program during work and when they asked him about it he changed back and forth only a couple times. The article was also saying how people who multi task do not pay attention and much as others because they didn’t notice placement of rectangles when people who weren’t multi taksing did very well on that topic. I think it very true because when I don’t focus on something to the fullest I don’t have as much recognition on it as I would if I really focused. It also shows how there is neural addictions due to sudden rush of a dopamine ejection from the mind. I also believe that because when I play video games because I feel a sense of relief whole playing and it makes me want to keep playing.
It ties in with Carr’s article because it was talking about the disadvantages that are happening from technology. People are changing there state of minds, and in both articles it talks about how it is mentally rewiring your brain. It says that the changes in the neural circuits to a different state and from it being so constant, it starts to adapt, wanting more. Carr’s article also talks about how technology is making people change into people there not and in Attached to Technology Paying the price says how Mrs. Campbell says that she is noticing a difference in her husband from using technology almost 24/7. They also both talked about some advantages. Carrs article spoke about how we have access to information in minutes at our finger tips that we would have to find in hours in the past and the other article spoke about how Mr. Campbell could do so many multiple things at once rapidly that would almost be impossible in the past. Also in Attached to Technology Paying the Price said how the use of technology and multi tasking is making peoples imagination better.