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Technology And Its Impact On Society Essay

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Growing up, thinking for yourself was a prominent idea that was often drilled into our minds. Parents, teachers and friends wanted you to think of your own ideas and be able to talk about them in depth. But as time has gone on, there has been much less emphasis on personal thought. This may be due to the shift in our reliance on technology. Since technology is used more than ever, we have access to an immense amount of information. But just because we have access to a lot of information, doesn’t mean that we completely understand it all. Accepting information only for what you see or hear, might hinder the truth because it could come from a bias source. Also it is often difficult to understand something when you haven’t gone through it. For example, you could read about the apartheid in South Africa, but you would never completely understand the history and reasoning behind it unless you experienced it. This is why traveling and learning about other cultures is so important. When the information and experience is right in front of you, you have the ability to process it and understand it completely. Since you physically experienced the culture there is no doubt that the information you were presented with was true. You end up walking away with a new understanding of a city or country that was completely new to you. This is one of the many things I hope to gain from studying abroad. I also hope to learn about another country’s culture and think critically about other’s

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