In these turbulent times, the predominance of digital technologies should be referred to as an important issue facing America on a national scale. The focus here lies in arguing that computers seem to have penetrated into every aspect of people’s daily lives; it can be said with certainty that America’s society as a whole has become overly dependent on technology for functioning on a regular basis. Despite the fact that benefits computers bring to people are hard to exaggerate, no one can fail to note that always connected comes with risks.

When addressing the potato feminine that Icelanders faced in 1845-1849 due to growing a single crop, it is imperative to understand that the overuse of mono-cropping must be seen as a parallel to America’s dependence on computers. The ongoing tendency towards spending hours a day in front of a screen is gradually leading to the emergence of many threats. As a matter of fact, the 21st century America has been obsessed with the enormous potential for the launch of campaigns aimed at implementing computers into advanced capitalist economies. Just like Icelanders with the bitter experience they had giving priority attention to mono-cropping techniques, the United States is becoming too reliant on one thing – namely, spending much time on the computer.

All things considered, America is at the critical moment in the history, the time when the nation needs to prove its ability to abandon the course of excessive computer use; this in turn would increase the public’s likelihood of not being plagued with both social and environmental problems.

Sinking deep into what the society would do if all computers and all other equipment that uses processors suddenly stopped working, it is safe to say that there appear several possible options. Of all them, however, more than likely life would change drastically, since the chances that the society could adjust to a new environment are equal to zero. Sure enough, going offline would contribute negatively to America, for a vast majority of people are simply unable to rely on older means of communication; in other words, there would be a total disaster had all computers and other equipment stopped working for a while.

The current scenario would indisputably ruin people’s social lives. Clearly, always connected should not be underestimated from the perspective of undermining the masses’ odds to handle a rapidly changing environment. With the predominance of digital technologies, an average citizen evolves to be mentally and physically weaker when compared to their ancestors. It follows from this that computers have to be viewed with caution. More importantly, each individual must train himself/herself to live without computers so that they could adjust to a new culture in the soonest possible time.

Speculating upon what lessons we can learn from these two examples, it cannot be overstressed that they are many. Anyway, particular emphasis must be given to the fact that any dependence will surely cause more harm than good for us. In regard to potato feminine in Iceland, it could have been avoided had the national agricultural practice not been oriented towards growing a singly crop. Based on what Iceland passed through as a result of being continuously dependent on one type of agricultural product, one can conclude that America needs to renounce its policy of exclusively propelling the networking technology. The reluctance to give a serious consideration to possible risks that promoting computer-related activities brings to people may potentially result in encountering equally formidable challenges. In sum, it is high time to recognize that government policies must be multifaceted and build upon consistent and equitable principles. The last but not least, enlightening the masses on the negatives that any excessive fascination with something is likely to have cannot be ignored.