Technology is a wonderful facet to human life and structures.  Through this, we've been able to advance farther than we'd have ever dreamed many years ago.  Knowledge is easily accessible and attainable, and all people are considered equal living in the technological age.  However, our major dependence on software technology, in particular, has caused a drastic decrease in the general public's ability to be original.  One of the major evidences supporting this is the fact that there haven't been any major scientific breakthroughs or revolutions since the death of Einstein in 1955.  He was basically the last real "genius" the Earth ever produced.  Another major factor is the drastic annual decline in test scores for many children and youths, which was one of the factors for the establishment of the "No Child Left Behind" program under the term of President George W. Bush.  Never has there been a time when software technology has coincided with an intellectual breakdown, on the educational level.  Allocation of time and money are also a by-product of the detrimental effects of modern software.  The more the time and money that is allocated to technology, the lesser one is able to use that same time and energy productively in a creative sense.  The continual production of more applications will, in my opinion, create an intellectual gap between people of various hierarchical classes, as time progresses, with a lesser probability of actual creative people.  Knowledge is a powerful advantage, yet application of that knowledge is more important.  As a result, as many more people are consumerists by nature, they are more likely to indulge in the effects of modern software, rather than partake of the creative fruit which is higher on the tree to reach for.

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