How Technology Has Changed Our Lives

Technology is defined as machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge. Its original use was meant solely for the service of humans, however overtime it has evolved into something much different. What was originally meant to be an assisting piece of machinery has changed almost every aspect of our culture. The way we think, communicate, lie, and even love has been impacted by the use of technology, and all of this is has made for interesting pieces of literature. In pieces such as Her and I, Robot, we see the evolution of robots and artificial intelligence into a more empathetic and humanlike creatures. This gradual change in our views of robots overtime speaks volumes to the evolution of technology. Technology in literature has become a reflection of human beings themselves, mirroring the very qualities of ourselves that make us human. By looking at the personality that technology takes on in literature, we can greater understand the aspects of ourselves that truly make us human.

We live in a time considered to be the “Age of Distraction”, although this age has many opinions on the effects it has on the people. Technology seems to be the main point of discussion when coming to terms with “distraction”. Some authors, such as Alina Tugend and Abigail Leichman, have written articles explaining technologies negative effects on people. Tugend claims that people who multitask with technology the work they produce is usually of lower quality. Leichman focuses more on the fact that people disconnect from one another when they put their focus into things like iPods. However, Jordan Kramer claims in his article that technology hasn’t made people less social. Even before people had accessible technology such as phones and music

In today’s world many individuals use cell phones as a navigation system to get to one place to another or to get on the web to keep in touch with their relatives and friends. Others, vaguely use their cell phone to keep or seem busy and won't be bothered. In "Dream Machines" by Will Wright and "Social Connections” by Steven Johnson explains to us that knowing how to work video games and technology can have a positive outcome. Many people don’t understand that technology and having the ability to play video game can help us connect with each other or being creative with it. Technology such as video games, cell phones and the web, together should be recognized as a way for people to get creative, learn something and see how technology can bring

“Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we’ve had time to stop and question it. In every home on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen a monitor: a smartphone- a black mirror of our 21st century existence. Our grip on reality is shifting- we worship at the altars of Google and Apple. Facebook algorithms know us more intimately than our parents. We have access to all the information in the world but no brain space left to absorb anything longer than 140- character tweets. Black mirror taps into the collective eases about our modern world.” Black Mirror TV Show, Charlie Brooker, Channel 4. Within this quote, Brooker says that people have sold their own ability to think independently just for all the information in the world at their fingertips. Technology has only deepened its grasp on consumers by becoming a necessity for conformity. The Visits from Inside the Black Mirror will interpret the consumers desire for social acceptance.

Growing up in today’s society is much different than it was twenty years ago, because today our society revolves one thing--technology. Technology is advancing each and everyday that people are becoming so attached to their electronic devices to the point where many feel they cannot live without it. With the advancement of technology, it has led to various problems such as lower communication skills, social isolation, bad habits, and dependency. Sometimes individuals need to look up from their devices and live in the moment rather than living their life through a screen.

It is sad to know that the leading cause of accidents in the United States is distraction while driving, something that cannot happen to a computer. It is also scary to know that human driven vehicles come at a very higher cost in terms of danger. Engineers have developed a new and innovative technology that is capable to decrease that number and change our lives forever. This technology is being specifically applied to cars and they are being called “autonomous cars”. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, autonomous means “acting independently or having the freedom to do so”. Tesla Motors Company has made itself the pioneer in this technology by being the first company in the world to create two autonomous car models that are able to

Many people don’t ever think twice about posting their personal information online. They enjoy using many features that are made available to them on social media. Including tagging their location, posting pictures of themselves, and filling in their bio and profile with information about them. Technology has grown into something that is so easily accessible and convenient. One can now shop from the leisure of their home without ever moving from their sofa or changing out of their pajamas. What many people don’t know is that tech companies such as Facebook and Google track their online activity and are constantly storing and selling their information. A user may also willingly offer their information to these companies when they ask for it

Technology seems to be a topic with a lot of baggage attached to it. Since the evolution of technology a vast amount of social interaction has been diminished. Personal time with others has been cut down significantly as the new modern technology is now available for nearly anyone. Constantly being attached to a cell phone or computer screen is prohibiting social interaction between all kinds of relationships. Many say it is the fault of the individual to let the technology usage go as far as ruining communications that were once frequent among a kinship. Catching up on the latest celebrity gossip has become more important than talking to a spouse about their work day. Social media or online work can feel like an addiction to those who regularly use it. Now that the internet is accessible almost anywhere at anytime, the desire to be on board with the latest social media attraction has become nearly impossible to avoid. Being an avid technology user can put people at risk of becoming socially deprived of face-to-face communication since the user may prefer telecommunications rather than an in-person conversation. Due to a depletion of direct facial communication many believe that the use of technology is at fault; however these allegations are being fought against as others see technology as an advancement in communication.

Technology has adapted a lot within our daily lives making it essential to our daily lives! There isn’t a time will technology will end, because there are always ways to adjust old things and keep improving from there, nothing is perfect. Toilets has increased water pressure for a better flush, but before there wasn’t a toilet, toilet paper even! Communication has also changed from verbal to written communication. Vintage phones that connects to a wire, transitioned to wireless with an antenna, and now a smartphone with a large, slim, touchscreen full of apps! Technology has advanced so much, that the internet was made even though it isn’t physically there. Google is an example of a website that is made by the internet that billions of people of all ages have used at least once in their lifetime. Google.com is a popular search engine because it’s great for planning, research, and entertainment.

Technology is all around us, the clothes we wear, the homes we live in, and the way we get our food and water, are all due to technology. From the time we come into this world till the time we leave, technology is part of who we are and what we do, yet we take for granted the inventions that make our lives a little more comfortable, happier, and a little less lonely. Through technology time and space seem to diminish; creating a connection between people that otherwise would not have existed. Once a piece of technology becomes part of everyday use, it melds into people’s lives seamlessly and future generations won’t know a time without it. The cell phone is one technology that has been around long enough to fuse into the lives of the young, but older generations can still remember life without this chunk of machinery.

Every major holiday like Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving, my family gets together. Like a majority of families do. Growing up we would play games and tell jokes, and have a lot of fun with each other, but now, we barley even talk. It’s not because we don’t like each other it’s because of phones. If we are sitting in the living room we aren’t talking and it’s just awkward. I have 2 cousins that are younger than 2, and they are growing up attached to a screen, they are just waiting for a phone to be handed to them, or cartoons to be turned on to watch, they are growing up in a tech filled world, and I’m afraid that they’re just going to be attached to a phone just like everyone else is. . Generation Z is being raised in a world where their eyes are instantly attracted to a screen. They’re not going to know what it’s like to go outside and make up their own games, to have an imagination. This day in age their imaginations are handed to them. We are so worried about what’s happening on facebook or twitter we don’t know what’s going on around us.

Turkle senses a standstill, pleading that we still have time to take back our lives, to draw limitations on social media, to refine technology in a way that it truly benefits us and doesn’t serve selfishly motivated actions. A better way of seeing this is learning how to turn off the cyborg in us, and how to make technology a useful and effective attachment. Technology being so deeply ingrained, we have all allowed our phones to become an extension of who we are. Students in Turkle’s research sleep with their phones, and say they know when it is ringing, like phantom limb syndrome. Our smartphones are always with us, and our profiles are always on our minds. We interact with multiple messaging services via brief conversations of abbreviations and image sharing. We speak through images, abandoning words and written language. “Memes” inducing a reaction in under a minute, due to our ability to connect hundreds of cultural contexts back to a single image. No one has spoken more than several words, sometimes none, and we are in an uproar of ideas and emotions with a glance at a single image in a “meme”. We begin to think like our machines.

Today was a typical day for me. I woke up and started looking through my email and schedule on Gmail. I did a daily reading in my Jesus Calling App specifically for today, took a shower and reviewed my homework assignment on the UMUC website. Later I went for a run and tracked my mileage on Strava and noticed my friend Mike logged a bike ride yesterday so I gave him a “thumbs up.” Later, as I returned to my schoolwork I noticed some pop up ads for new places to visit in Florida since I just returned there and used my Waze and Trip Advisor to get me around.

Technology has changed our way of life as human beings; it changed the way we understand the act of work has changed the way we interact with people. Technology is not just a computer or television, its engineering science and in science their goal is to make progress, to understand everything there is to know about us, our planet and beyond. However, the way we understand and experience this concept, it’s just there to makes our lives more efficient. Technology is never the end of the concept. New equipment will be released, and then refined endlessly. Not even when we start running out of resources, because we would have recovered parts to build new technologies, we will create a new technology that could refine the existing resources, and even find the same resources on another planet. Technology now is a concept we cannot survival without; the average person needs technology to eat, entertainment, cooking and do many other daily functions.

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