Technology: A Necessary Evil
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Technology: A Necessary Evil

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Technology: A Necessary Evil
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Don't get me wrong, I love technology just as much as the next gal. My computer makes it so much easier to do everything from my homework to taking notes at school to looking up the words of that one song that's been stuck in my head. However, there are some things technology just cannot compare to. It cannot compare to the way freshly baked cookies smell when you walk into the house, or your mom's hug after a hard day, or a baby's laughter. Yes, you can look at pictures of cookies and FaceTime your mom and even watch a video of a baby laughing, but nothing compares to the real thing. Just like nothing compares to a real book.

One of the more recent inventions are the e-books, or the Nooks and Kindles, which are devices that allow you to download entire libraries onto them and carry them around with you. This technological advance is becoming more and more popular, as it is allowing people to carry more than one book with them at any given time.

As a freshman in high school, I received a Nook for my birthday, and I loved it. I could download entire books in seconds, and I had a library right at my fingertips. No more carrying those clunky books around to every class. However, I soon found myself missing those pesky books I so quickly got rid of. I missed turning the actual pages, the feel of the weight of the book in my hands, and most of all, the smell of the books. If you're an obsessive book lover like me, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

There are also cons to having these devices at our disposal. Yes, they are thinner, sleeker, lighter, and easier to carry than real books. However, they tend to have glares on them. I know the new Kindle Fire says there's no glare and you can adjust the screen brightness to prevent it, but it still happens. You don't have to adjust the screen brightness on a book. These devices also tend to freeze. When I had my Nook, the screen froze all the time. I would click the "next page" button and it would take five to ten seconds to change, or longer. It was pretty annoying considering I could've been two pages further by then if I was reading a real book.

Technology is trying to ruin books, trying to make them obsolete, but I know that that will never happen. I know that book lovers like myself will always miss carrying that book around with them everywhere. I know we will always miss the turning of the page, and the smell of that book when you first open it, and the feel of the weight of the book in your hands or in your bag as you walk down the street.

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