Technology Debate Topics — page 10

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• kids who have phones are becoming socially dumb. They think that they are more connected to the world and their friends all around the world. Yet actually kids are less connected than ever. Instead of talking with people in person they would rather type them messages. Kids can…
• Dear inventors, software designers, and other assorted geniuses (or is that genii?), responsible for all the amazing advances that make our lives so much easier: Please stop. Seriously, please stop right now. All this "help" you're offering is causing me to devolve, rapidly.…

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• Sorry if I offended you... it's simply because your English has some grammatical mistakes, but alright, i'll think those away! Here are my arguments: 1) Cellphones will most likely be used as toys - expensive toys - by children. Talking to people is fun, yes, but isn't this an…
• Hi! I'd gladly accept your debate. I see that you're not really an expert with the English language, so we'll keep it simple okay?

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• I'm saying sir that the safety value in fact is far more important than ignorance and Children can buy one only if they can afford so. There is a thing welfare, unemployment, SSI, and government grants.
• All children should have mobile phones to contact 911 or their parents and family and that to me out-weighs everything else.

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• Apple is better because it's better for the environment, and doesn't have ANY hassles
• Well, the system that it uses can handle much more games, the iPhones, now, have accelerometers, gyroscopes, and other awesome sensors, the software that it uses is not 3 years old (the most popular software, i mean).

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• Rewards or not, students would still abuse the system because of their amateurism. They are simply too young to be given complete responsibility over something that can behave as a distraction or a resource. Because of their amateurism they will always choose to entertain…
• In my statements I have not denied the use of these websites as a resource by the teachers and for the students. Ofcourse these websites can be used to collaborate, communicate, and learn, because they could be used as much a distraction as they would a resource. Schools are…

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• Apple is better than Samsung because they have made it easy to use and the industrial design is better and plus it is much simple, not over the top.
• Samsung had copied Apple. Apple is better as Samsung has been copying it all the time. You can clearly see how Samsung has completely based it's products on Apple's iPhone, iPad, and even iPod. Apple products don't glitch and they work much faster than Samsung's Products. Has…

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• Hey guys, I'm trying to construct a speech which essentially should convince my audience that Privacy is the biggest problem with social media. The arguments which I list are a direct result of the low level of privacy which social media sites have placed. The reasons I have so…

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• I personally feel ALL school age children should have phones. Ok, so you know if your a parent you want your children to be safe. Well imagine this, your son or daughter is getting out of basketball it's in a bad part of town. They see a creepy old man slowly walks towards…

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• fokin wot m8 mi dad az 1000 sniper riflez in da garage nd hell rek u u skrub faced cont. nd I drinked 50 beers nd im only 12
• u prik u dunt even kno wat ur tulking bout. ipadz r innishiotive nd r chanjin ur lives 4 the bettr

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• Thank you for pointing out my errors. To revise my point on hardcore gamers, they will stay on their systems. most likley they will be on it every day or every other day. According to http://www.brighthub.com.... "Developers create game mechanics which are fun but when it comes…
• in the famed words of Ace Ventura "Alrighty then!" i will agree as far with my oponent that it would make life grueling, but to a certain extent. life can be found to be rather enjoyable without any electronics. have you noticed that computers have been made to be more and more…

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• You have right to defend yourselves from malicious calls/people. But the means by which you are defending is not correct. In your process of defending, you are exposing phone numbers of other people to hackers.In 2013, hacker group called Syrian Electronic Army hacked…
• Con has said that'Truecaller requiring the user to give them their phonebook and details is not relevant to the debate'. It is very much relevent to the debate. It is the primari reason for which I have started the debate.Con said -Using the app could not be unethical to…

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• In this round I'm going to defend against it to show why technology should replace human labor. But first I'd like to point out that Dpowell brought up many topics in the previous round, but he didn't rebut the arguments I made in round 2. I therefore consider them dropped. Now…
• Thank you, Dpowell, for providing your long list of arguments. It seems like you're using the gish gallop strategy (throwing so many arguments at the opponent it's hard for him to rebut them all). Just because you have many arguments doesn't mean you'll win. To elaborate with…

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• Alright. I accept your challenge. I am going to try to debate my way through this even though I completely agree with you.

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• I'd like to explain my statement in hope that Con and voters would not assume that I am misunderstood. When I refer to customers I am referring to the marketing companies who wish to keep track of what people are interested in. It's an effective means of figuring out what…
• I am not sure if Con understands that everything you publish on a "public website" is up for grabs. You and you alone control the output of information from your private life. Simply because a marketing company can tally up "Likes" and "tweets" does not necessarily mean that…

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• thank you 1. Have you ever dropped a kindle from waist or shoulder height. It is fine. However, with a book you will bend pages, tear pages, tear cover, whatever. Not so fine. 2. Unless you are one of the slowest readers on earth, you should easily be able to finish two or…
• I will provide my rebuttals in order of my opponents arguments. 1. For strong, a book can bend and pages may fall out. I have read a library book like this and it was infuriating. I am sorry for my obfuscating on light but compare a Harry potter book to a kindle. I will tell…

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• "OS ... that's where the only real differences between a Mac and PC can be found." "Hardware is generally the same between a Mac and PC ...""Both companies ... roughly charge the same for equivalent parts."These three statements are the foundation of your argument for Mac's…
• Unfortunately, you have misinterpreted the criteria of this debate. Your argument suggests that Mac is superior to PC regarding Operating System dominance. However, according to the aforementioned Prerequisite Standards this is a debate concerning the superiority of hardware,…

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• Although this is true, it is your responsibility to use social media in a responsible manner. Social media should not be used to replace your social life, I do agree with this, but instead should be used to 'augment' your real life. It is your fault if you send 2 horrible…
• Social Media is a huge part of many of our lives. We use it to communicate almost instantaneously and it is the perfect way to communicate from anywhere in the world. It allows us to spread information fast, which is important or useful for almost everyone. Without it, we could…

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• Its the parents ownership of the house; therefore, it is their decision of whether or not they should install security.
• Sigh...

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• I was just using myself as an example for electronics helping me out with school. What is the harm for kids in school if they are able to get their work done faster with electronics, and then they want to stay on them after their work is done? You also talked about how you can…
• Can you please tell me your definition of lazy and what you mean by technology. It would help me figure out what exactly you mean by those words. Once again I never said "Are you saying that no one has made a book, article, etc that has the same information as Wikipedia, or…

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• This must have been a joke. I mean when someone is arguing that technology is making us smarter and then posts "actually i wanted u to give a start up argument and so i wrote wat u saw" It has to be a joke right? I urge the voters to read my opponents "arguments" and vote from…
• I was allowing you to post your argument. You are saying that technology is making people smarter and want to debate this you must have an argument. My position is that technology is not making us smarter. Since you failed to post your arguments I will go ahead with mine.…

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• When you talk about how "Eco-Friendly phones" are coming out and how the "new technology of 'Smart Ink'" can decrease the strain on the eyes and how the phone companies are making phones healthier, I've never heard of it, and I don't know if others have heard of it, but you…
• My opponent, you said that many teens and tweens learn a lot from social sites. That may be true, but they could always get that access on a computer or ask someone if they could see it. They don't necessarily need to have the device in the hand to be able to know and learn…

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• If you haven't seen Terminater you will know what I mean. Or maybe even the new Dia hard move "Live Free, or Die Hard". When a cyber nut uses technology to hack into the government and destroys the American economy, infastructure of energy gas and tranpertation. Or even these…

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• On to the arguments:Argument 1 - Wikipedia is well-citedWikipedia is most often criticized in regards to its validity because anyone in the world is allowed to edit most of the pages on Wikipedia. Although this is 100% true, one must also remember that an overwhelming majority…
• Burden of ProofPro must prove that Wikipedia is a reliable source of information.Con must prove that Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information.Debate StructureRound 1 - AcceptanceRound 2 - ArgumentsRound 3 - RebuttalsRound 4 - Defense against rebuttals and…

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• Thank you for posting so quickly.When I said "They are lightweight and cheaper" I meant like they are easier to carry around. They could still use computers to store things. When my opponent said "If the school bought every student a cell phone, they would need to deal with…
• Cell phones should be aloud to be used in school because they are light weight and cheaper. The school could save a lot of money not having to buy over 1000 computers and laptops so everyone has one. They are light, the average computer weighs about 20-50 pounds and the average…

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• Clearly I win. Con FF. LONG LIVE PC!!!!! VOTE PROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
• Con FF, clearly my arguments are better. Well good debate then. PC is better than consoles.

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• i will
• I'll give you a real debate. invite me to a new one and then I'll get serious

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• Well, I am not sure what you mean by territory in this context but if it refers to crime happening in some specific regions of world then I don't think that's a right argument as far as OSN are concerned. OSN -- by definition -- are "online" social networks and so accessible to…
• Thanks BBE for accepting the challenge; may the better debater win! Well, I pretty much like the categorization you've done but would like to mention an important point that you've missed to observe -- a user usually enters as a casual user and then gradually becomes a hardcore…

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• As marketers looks for new ways to obtain information to gain potential and new customer, a question arise and it is being debated heavily. I don't believe that using social media for marketing is an invasion of privacy. Giving up privacy When you sign on with a social media,…
• Pro- it is not Con- it is Pro goes Con goes Pro rebuttal Con rebuttal

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• Fire Fox offers anything u can imagine...from tab renames (from porn to google search) and to changing colors.
• Im sorry i havent been on...all your questions will be answerd at i have no time at work and i cant go to the libarary so please be patient https://addons.mozilla.org...

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• AIs have been researched for almost half a century now, and now making up roughly 10% of all computer sciences research, they're dominating the research field, and occupy just as many resources. Just recently a massive 636 Million USD, was donated towards the (American)…

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• I believe that the con side does bring forth a plethora of convincing points, but within these points are flaws birthed by a lack of economic understanding. My opponent brought up the subject of ISPs making customers pay for anything. If an ISP, say Comcast (for example),…
• Recently, the FCC voted for net neutrality to be repealed, and I support this decision wholeheartedly. My reasons for this are as follows: 1. The repeal of net neutrality eliminates regulations on ISPs, helping that sector of the economy grow. 2. A lot of the worries advocates…

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• Even sites that appeared innocent have had a devastating effect on society.
• Governments have a moral duty to protect its citizens from harmful sites.

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• Throughout our existence, man has yearned to fly like the birds, to break the bounds of earth. In 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright broke the bounds of earth for the first time. After, many followed in their footsteps. Airplanes have brought countries aid in warfare and aid in…

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• NOTE: THIS DEBATE IS OVER A HIGH SCHOOL POLICY PLAN, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE DEBATED OR JUDGED IN A POLICY FORMAT. THIS IS A REVISION TO MY EARLIER STATEMENT.I thank my opponent for accepting this debate. However, I'd like to make some revisions to the rules he made.I suggest that…
• Here are some rules Raisor and I have laid out for the tournament. Rules:1. There are no restrictions on argumentative strategy.2. Burden of proof is shared.3. Last round may be no more than 4000 characters.4. This debate concerns the resolution:5. No arguing on T. RESOLVED:…

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• Work is work.
• of course they should

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• My opponent is yet again taking this debate in a new direction. This is what we call 'misdirection'. The first one was by turning the debate into a philosophical one. It became philosophical when my opponent suggested that "immortality" is a human need, when we all know that…
• My opponent makes a couple very outlandish claims. I'll go through them. "The average adult computer user needs immortality. " For the sake of debate, I'll fore go my opponent's lack of supporting evidence on this one, completely disregarding the implications of actual…

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• My first statement to him forfeiting still stands.
• My previous statement stands.

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• It is much better to read a book over a Kindle because staring at a screen for too long can strain your eyes. If you read a book, there is a far less chance of that happening. With all of the technology out today, books would be gone, but they are better to read themselves than…
• It is much better to read a book over a Kindle because staring at a screen for too long can strain your eyes. If you read a book, there is a far less chance of that happening. With all of the technology out today, books would be gone, but they are better to read themselves than…

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• https://malaysia.answers.yahoo.com...thanks. plz help me. that why i join this community
• Dislike or like in face book show what is ourselves in virtual world. It is not you face book it is about disliking someone account. When we have a like button in face book it can improve our confident in a society or overcome our social anxiety. People, social anxiety is not a…

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• In conclusion, to deny students access to google glass is to deny them an opportunity to reach there potential. This technology may not be the best fit for all student but for those that prefer it for learning it should be allowed.
• Your arguments seems purely speculative. I have not seen any research on Google glass causing blindness. They are not a permanent fixture and can be removed based on discomfort outside just as easily as one may set down a textbook that they no longer wish to hold on a hot…

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• Since I've already addressed your points and I'm fairly busy, I'll just address the new points you've made. [quote]=== REBUTTAL === 1) That Facebook's ban "violates human rights" No, it doesn't. Looking at the two most relevant documents used - the UN Declaration and the US…
• Thank you for accepting. I'll begin by making my case. 1) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the American Bill of Rights, and almost every bill of rights in a first world country states that all persons have the right to freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom…

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• Sensory ExperienceMy opponent makes an interesting point about paper being potentially hazardous. Conversely, e-book devices are made of plastic which can be just as hazardous. [1]FeaturesMost of the features on reading devices are similar to those that we use when we are on…
• There are two ways in which we can gauge the superiority of one form of media over the other. The first is the effects of the individual. The second is the effects on humankind as a whole. I will attempt to express how books are more valuable than e-books under both of these…

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• No intention here to be nasty, but the link you site from literally says right at the top, "It contains the opinions of one or more of Wikipedia's Contributors. (AKA, the people you say are always lying with fake news, not the actual people working at Wikipedia. )" Wikipedia is…
• 1. Stanford is not the highest rated school, according to QS World University ratings, MIT is the top rated; and they, along with the University of Pittsburgh, published a paper saying that Wikipedia was a reliable source. 2. Your arguement for badgering about donations has no…

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• What are you even talking about? I picked pro. I stated my argument and posted links to support it. You haven't done anything to refute my argument. I inquired about possible nuances and asked for articles and you never prompted them. You are the one who has no argument. You…
• It's in response to a video in which The video personality advocates not engaging in debate with anyone who is on the right which he also grossly categorizes as alt. Right. So the overarching subject is free speech and how to tackle people who abuse it. Not if it should be…

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• Would stop riots from spreading
• Non violent methods of disrupting riots must be tried before using force

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• since I already made my opening response, I will give you this round to make your response.
• The Internet has opened up a whole new world of music for people around the world. Since the early days of the internet, people have begun to become exposed to not only new bands or artists but entire new genres of music that they would have never been exposed too. musicians…

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• Extend.
• I will be making 3 rguments, one is emergencies, and the second one is that a Phone can be educational, the other one is that it is useful, and I will make my plan. The plan is that you can lock some apps with a special app. I will explain more of this later, and I will go onto…

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• Consumers tend to feel alienated by spreading of their personal information for profit
• Data breaches can result in huge amounts of personal data falling into unscrupulous hands

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• I'll pass again this round, as con still has yet to post an argument...
• Because con on forfeited the last round due to running out of time (probably for RL issues,) I will only use this round to correct an error I made when I made my opening argument. In my opening argument, I forgot to list my source for the percentage of Mac OS users vs. Windows…

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• My opponent has forfeited the last two rounds and has not provided a rebuttal for Amy point I made.
• Unfortunately my opponent has forfeited the round and not offered any rebuttals.I hope he will post his next argument in a timely manner, as I will be out of town for the 4th of July Weekend and hope to finish the debate before I have to leave.I would like to post a final…