First, let me start off with a couple of links to check out so you can understand where I'm coming from with this one.
http://mediacenter.motorola.com/Press-Releases/Motorola-Mobility-and-AT-T-Announce-ATRIX-4G-the-Future-of-Mobile-Computing-353c.aspx
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/11/us-countries-ranking-idUSTRE61A13F20100211
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7H0K1k54t6A
Pretty cool stuff, huh? A laptop that rolls up? Just when you think they have done everything possible something new comes literally "rolling" along.
So with all of these technological advances and the feeling that it just won't ever stop; does all of this technology really help make our world easier?
Well I of course would quickly say yes, but let's see the other argument for it first. Technology creates more work because you can take your work home with you and never have to stop working. Well even though that may be true for some people I don't believe it is the case for everyone or even the majority.
I believe that technology has made this world easier to live in from a standpoint of staying connected with one another and making it easier to connect the whole world. With things like skype, facebook, and even news websites pretty much anything we need is at our fingertips. You can study abroad and manage your bank account, be at home and watch a television episode you missed, and you can even take anything you do with your technology on the road and with your gps you can know you will get to your location.
To me if technology wasn't good then we would stop buying it.
Clothing made by slave labor, highly processed food with added fats and sugars, weapons, addictive drugs: people keep buying this stuff too, does that make it good?
ReplyDeleteWe don't buy technology because it's good; we buy technology because we think we need it, we think it will make our lives easier, and we are told from a young age that buying things in general helps America.
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