Technology has changed us as a human race. We are now more concerned about people in cyberspace than those around us. It has made us dependent on technology for friendship, love and dopamine. Our human genetic makeup is known as identity. It’s who we are, where we come from and what our challenges are. The Internet is changing the way we look at ourselves and the people around us. The Internet is changing our decision-making process regarding common daily tasks like choosing to study. Our decision-making process is altered and our identity is distorted into what we want it to be, which in turn can create conflict. During the period when identity is being formed, the adolescent's brain goes through stages of needs, of the need to integrate. The need to feel connected, the need to feel wanted in what they do (McLeod). As the brain is forming, young adults only see the aspects of the identity they want to see. Their perception of life is distorted. The Internet has and will only add to these effects. Young people today see their lives on the Internet as a way to become more open. Yet these stories only distort the real truth. Young people today are more disconnected than ever from each other and the world around them. I noticed the change in 2007, I was in 7th grade and texting was just starting to become popular. The lines were drawn and the kids whose parents could afford to buy them cell phones hung around and the rest of us were stuck. Most of the time, the school cafeteria remained silent. Not because anyone said it too, but because my peers around me were more immersed in their phones than the people around them. Then the cheating started. Kids thought they could just text each other... middle of paper ......today.com/blog/brain-wise/201209/why-were-all-addicted-texts-twitter- and- google>.This Emotional Life is a co-production of NOVA/WGBH Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc. A film by Kunhardt McGee Productions. ©/™ 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation and Vulcan Productions, Inc. All rights reserved Turkle, Sherry. “Sherry Turkle.” TED: Ideas worth spreading. April 2, 2012. TED Talks. April 2, 2014. Latham, Tyger. “Therapy matters.” The Google effect. July 16, 2011. April 2, 2014. Howard, Jacqueline. “This is how the internet rewires your brain.” The Huffington Post. October 30, 2013. TheHuffingtonPost.com. April 02, 2014.: The photo is from here.