Since the beginning of the new century, technology has become the core of our society. We continually try to overcome technological barriers to make our lives easier. Breaking down these barriers has revolutionized our lifestyle to the point of changing conventional methods of communication and creating ways to be more efficient in completing the simple task of cleaning our house to creating skyscrapers. . One of the great debates about technology is whether technology is changing the way we think and act, for better or for worse? Technology has given us the ability to reach heights - literally, skyscrapers sometimes extend up to 1000 feet - which was only a dream in the last century, it is continually changing the way we think and acquire things, whether traits of our education, workplace and relationships. . But nothing happens without compromise; we have become so intoxicated by the beauty of technology that we have given up our independence, the substance of our humanity, for the comfort of machines. As technology has gone from being simply technical to cultural, it has become increasingly impossible not to notice the ever-increasing changes in our communication. The mass production of computers and smartphones has created a more convenient way for us to be more social, accessing sites like Facebook, Twitter and even Instagram sites according to "Pew Internet: Social Networking" by Joanna Brenner, "there are 72 percent of online adults use social networking sites and 18% use Twitter. 6% use Reddit.” (1) Social media has become so addictive because it has given us more choices in how we interact with our friends, for example: challenge. friends at a game of Farmville on Facebook: liking a friend's photos on Instagram: a..... middle of paper ...... come into temptation for students not to steal others' essay , I'm talking about "plagiarism", the unforgivable sin that is committed in every college in the United States, Google has done nothing but increase the ways of plagiarism Where students buy an essay and turn it in as work, teachers usually stay impressed and praise the student while the other students, due to their anger, follow the same footsteps. In all technology has been a virus to ourselves, it is slowing down and destroying our thought process, we have become slaves to our own creation. It has embedded itself in our very thoughts and slowly guides us into depression, loneliness and obesity. How many of us can truly say that we can get on with our lives without technology? Our addiction has been an accepted poison to our souls and constantly consumes our thoughts and our money, our sweet money..