How Technology Has Changed Our Society

In an ever-changing society, there is always pressure to accomplish tasks faster. People every day seek to make their lives simpler, live more efficiently, and in turn get more out of the day. Such emerging technologies have helped us make things easier on us in everyday life. When is the last time you saw an infomercial and thought hey I could use that? Consequently, communication has changed and is constantly changing, accelerating the world around us. Just think about how far we have come, and has ever-changed our pace of life. Technology is fueling our way of life, making everyday tasks faster and easier to do. In turn, this gives us more time to do more with the time in the day.

Common sense seems to dictate that power and strength are related. I used to think that the better looking you are(in terms of strength), the more power you’ll have. Now, I strongly believe that that’s not the case. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Huxley demonstrates how power works, showing that it relies not on the physical, but on the mental attributes someone has. Power is more of a subjective term, but showing it as the way to have more privileges than others in a group/society, power could be gained either by knowledge, hard work, and the easiest way: hereditarily, but, to point out again, not on the physicality someone has.

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.

According to Mail Online, the average person looks at their phone approximately 110 times a day. Whether it is to check a message, make a call, or check the time, 110 times a day seems a bit excessive. Primarily starting in the 1980s, technology has changed dramatically and rather quickly. It has changed from telephones to cell phones, computers to laptops, emailing to text messaging, CD players to iPod, and cable television to Smart TVs; technology is rapidly improving throughout the years. Over the more recent couple of decades, technology has completely changed today’s society. Not only has technology changed the way people communicate, it has also changed healthcare and work by keeping track of everyday data and expenses. Along with the way people use the internet to research any topic they want, technology has also improved the way people live their everyday lives; technology has taken over today’s society.

In today’s society, the computers we have now compared to the ones in the past, vary greatly. Back then, we could not do the many things that we could today with our technology. Our technology has grown tremendously throughout the years and with this technology, we have been able to accomplish a vast amount of things. With this exponential rate of our technology, it opens many opportunities for us. Also, it could possibly open up to the ‘Singularity’. In that case, there will be many outcomes of the singularity.

Early diagnosis is not a concept considered by everyone; however, it should be. In short, it is the detection of a disease or disorder before it has completely developed. Now one might think, “Why should I care about such a thing?” Well, these folks should think about a person they cherish the most. How would it affect them if they discovered that their loved one had cancer, but it was too late to treat it? This does not always have to be the case with early detection and diagnosis. People around the world ought to embrace the beauty of technology, and take every measure possible to continue living a healthy, happy life. Technological advancements have greatly impacted our society, in a positive way, by allowing early diagnosis, which can lead to early action. I maintain that the benefits of early detection heavily outweigh the potential associated risks.

Whether it is the technology that allows us to peer deep into the body or medicines that extend the lives of those with chronic diseases, it is easy to see how advances in health and medicine have touched the lives of nearly every person on the planet. (Childs) In order to fully understand the effect technology has on society, we must know what technology means. Technology is simply the application of science in our daily lives.(Biggs) It’s using scientific research to supply our needs and resolve our problems. With this being said, technology has helped in many aspects of life, including the medical field.

Technology and interconnectivity has become a crucial part of modern society, being predicted by 2020 that 90% of the entire world will have a cellphone (Woods, 2014). With how fast-paced today 's society is becoming it is no surprise that dating online is becoming the most popular way to meet people. People just don’t have time to keep trying (and failing) at the ‘bar scene’, they want to make the most of their time and find someone compatible for their needs at that moment. The following report is a summary of the findings of our research that was ran over a 15 day period (September 28th, 2016 to October 12th, 2016).

Digital media, smart phones, computers and technology is the fastest growing concepts in our World today. They have changed the way our society does everything. Technology has made a considerable transformation in how we communicate, pay bills, check the weather and much more. Technology has made such an impact on our society today that most people won 't leave home without their cell phone. The Apple iPhone has become a great smartphone vendor by numbers and revenue. The iPhone, PureWrist payment device, and Google glass are the evidence of the direction technology is taking to bring simplicity to our everyday life.

With time the mind has expanded and has created things our society could have never imagined were possible. In the last century technology has flourished due the changes in the way the mind works. These new technological inventions have proved to be very helpful in day-to-day basis. Children utilize computers, cell phones, and television to their learning advantage. The way children are developing is very different than children of past generations because of the new technology they are growing up with (Taylor). As the use of technology increases amongst all age groups, there is evidence that shows it impacts children intellectually and socially.

Imagine living inside an invisible bubble, secluded from the outside world. You can see the surrounding environment, but there is a clear barrier that obstructs you from your family, your friends; the world even. As you would assume, communicating could get a little hard in this bubble. Although that analogy may seem a bit dramatic, there’s no denying that over the course of time, technology has made its mark on society in many different aspects of life, communication being one of them. So when asked to spend twenty-four hours without social media, you can imagine how frustrating it was as a creature of habit being unable to utilize the websites and apps that I would normally use on a daily basis. In turn, I was very inattentive throughout the day, as I couldn’t listen to study music or keep myself entertained, I was unable to communicate with my family, and I wasn’t very productive.

Today as individuals we have many privileges, rights, and freedoms that have not existed in the past. In modern society, many things are handed to us where as in the traditional society people had to work very hard and face many hurdles in order to do everyday tasks. The technology has changed drastically from back then to now present year’s new technology and devices are constantly being created to make our lives easier. However in the traditional society people had only a few options of ways to communicate with each other. Modern culture seems to be influenced a lot by social media and whatever the new current trend is. Whereas traditional culture is more conservative followed by morals and religious practices. Prices of housing living and food have all increased fairly in our modern day society. Decades ago people did not have many expenses to account, for now, we have daycares all kinds of insurance payments and tuition to try to afford. When you compare modern day society with the way traditional society was you can see some major differences.

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.

In a generation that’s technology savvy people are always on their phone at any given time of the day. Think about it for a second, the first thing a person does in today’s world, even before they have to use the rest room is to check their phone. Yes, you heard right, check their phone. It’s become such a natural habit that its naturally stored in our daily routine. Everything is at the palm of our hands to finding something to eat, checking/responding to emails, weather alerts, and amber alerts. The lists of things we can do on our phone just continues to grow rapidly. Do we ever stop to think that maybe, just maybe we are on our phones too much? Studies show that the average American spends 4.7 hours on his or her phone, and will check social media a staggering 17 times a day according to Digital Trends. In more serious cases some have lost their lives making posts to via social media moments leading up to their deaths. The app I’d like to propose a problem and solution to is Facebook.

Growing up in a low income family was miserable. The small two story six-hundred square foot house was home to four families which consisted of father, mother, son or daughter. There were no English speakers in the house except for my sister and I. Cartoon Network was the most popular network and I was finally able to watch it for the first time. Some words were still not being processed in my brain but I started understanding how they were used. When I was able to use a computer it was like opening my mind to how modern technology impacts our lives. That’s when my fascination for technology grew. I wanted to believed there was more that we could do with technology. Zoids, Gundam, and Pacific Rim showed me how much dedication people put into these great creations and I believed in myself to hopefully one day make these creations from dream to reality. I watched how these robots helped people they were seen as modern marvels and the pilots of these suits are seen as heroes.