Surveillance technology, Global Positioning System, Social Media, Technology, Technology, Technology. All this discussion on technology is everlasting. Arguments about how bad it is to the ecosystem, how it makes human behavior be altered, how technology evolves and will eventually destroy itself, how information is easily accessible and how dangers are equally accessible, and the arguments continue. In the discussions, most affirm that there are more cons than pros when it comes to technology, yet, it is with the very means of technology that you, dear reader, are able to access this blog post. Therefore, technology shouldn’t be that downgrading, right?
Contrary to the thought that technology should not be very degrading is Kantaro Tomaya’s point in the article “Why Technology Alone Won’t Fix Schools.” In this article, the author informs on the last paragraph that “what the U.S. education system needs above all isn’t more technology, but a deliberate allocation of high-quality adult supervision focused on those who need it most.” Kantaro Tomaya is implying that technology is not that necessary when it comes to education because what is does the most is distract instead of placing the owner of technology on track. This relates to Gary Shteyngart’s book Super Sad True Love Story when the protagonist Lenny Abramov encounters the sad truth that young ones have committed suicide because their apparats were not functioning to its full abilities. On page 270 of Super Sad True Love Story, Shteyngart approaches this dystopian society with a scene like this: “Four young people committed suicide in our building complexes, and two of them wrote suicide notes about how they couldn’t see a future without there apparati.” When technology has this downfall, it is challenging to see the perks of it.

Toyama, Kentaro. “Why Technology Alone Won’t Fix Schools.” The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 3 June 2015. Web. 8 Oct. 2015. .