Technology : The Use Of Technology In Our World

In the 21st century nothing has been more influential on the human race than technology has. Technology is a part of anything and everything and the thought of no technology would be considered the apocalypse. Two women, Jane McGonigal, a video game designer, and Sherry Turkle, a technology professor at MIT, both have their own perspectives on technology and how it impacts emotions. McGonigal’s main focus is how video games can be used as a model on how we as humans can make this world a better place. Turkle’s studies are focused on how technology such as cell phones, online avatars, and social media make a whole generations personal development different from past generations. McGonigal is extremely optimistic towards the idea of not only video games but technology as a whole being a huge impact on the improvement of earth’s population. Turkle is more skeptical on technology bringing up thought evoking questions regarding whether technology and its effects on us should be considered good or bad. Even with their contrasting topics both of these women are trying to show how the technology of everyday life alter the emotions. Turkle and McGonigal’s ideas are comparative regarding the emotional effect on people using alternate realities being positive and they also agree that technological communication has become a tool for emotional benefit in society, but their technological views differ on how technology will help us mature as a person.

To start off, I’d like to say I go through periods of time where I only use my phone to call my mom or make plans. There are points where I don’t check social media for months. Other months though, I am a frequent and an adequate user of social media. I go back and forth.

"The Kaiser Family Foundation last year found that school-age kids spend an average of 7 1/2 hours a day in front of a television, a smartphone, or another digital device"(Rosen).

Every year as a society technology advances and plays a stronger role in everyday lives of people. The new technology companies have promised to connect us with one another and make society run faster, smarter and healthier. Unfortunately, their predictions were wrong the use of technologies not only cost ridiculous amounts of money but it has disconnected society and made a new way of life with no face to face interactions. Technology in our everyday lives has completely altered the way we live our lives, Technology’s goal was to keep us connected but it has done the opposite to our society. The use of technology destroys social speaking skills, face to face interactions, and creates problems when technology is misused.

In a world of seemingly clever machines that can tell us where to go, how to get there, solve equations and even tell us where else is that actor from. We often no longer feel the need to think for ourselves. With the help of technology, we are making ourselves dumb. We no longer need to try and remember when someone’s birthday is or even what the number to call them is. “Some experts believe excessive use of the Internet, cellphones and other technologies can cause us to become more impatient, impulsive, forgetful and even more narcissistic.” (Parker-pope, Tara) Our phones remember everything for us and send us alerts so why even bother?

Society today trusts technology for far too many things that are not necessary. Instead of human face to face interactions and communication that have been used since the start of human existence it has become strictly email and networking based communication. There is no human contact that reinsures an individual that they have the support and love that accompanies friendship. Without that human contact that should come with friendship it is unsure to which the intent of the context is supposed to be interoperated. The use of technology in regards to friendship is not all harmful there are some positives, but it continuously blurs the lines of what friendship is or is not thus resulting in devastation. Philia as understood by the Greeks ceases to exist, it is no longer represented by emotions but rather emoticons, and technology transforms its understandings from physical to platonic. “The idea of friendship in ancient times could not have been more different. Achilles and Patroclus, David and Jonathan, Virgil’s Nisus and Euryalus: Far from being ordinary and universal, friendship, for the ancients, was rare, previous, and hard-won” (Deresiewicz 2009, 2). True friendship involves depth and love to which one cannot receive through a computer screen but its convenience allows for immediate and accessible communication.

This day in age, technology is constantly being applied to our everyday lives. Whether it be for researching, using social media or even driving to work; We have used technology to accomplish things more efficiently like, curing ailments, getting to the moon or even communicating across the globe. Although technology can be beneficial, it can also be detrimental if used immoderately.

Imagine being on a business trip, sitting on a couch in a five-star hotel room with a multi-tasking robot doing all your chores for you on command. Cooking, cleaning, and even doing your laundry. Our everyday use of technology has advanced so much, that you can do anything through a little screen that you can keep in your pockets. Doing work, remotely controlling your own car, or even making calls through man-made radio signals that can extend across the entire solar system. You can snap pictures with your own retina at will. Cars can float on water, some can even fly. We might not even need cars anymore, our means of transportation have advanced beyond the wheels-on-pavement concept. Instead of using oil or coal, harnessing the sun’s energy in various ways would be the way to go. The human civilization would have advanced so much, that humans would be considered a type 1 civilization on the Kardashev scale. However, instead of it being on our home planet, Earth, all of this is taking place on our planetary neighbor, Mars, or even farther. This goal ,of course, comes with a great deal of resources, whether natural or financial, an amount that possibly exceeds our current comprehension. Extending our reach into space is going to take quite a while. NASA and other space organizations are working towards the right direction. NASA predicted the first manned mission to Mars would take place sometime in the 2030’s, the mission is already well under-way.

Technology plays a pivotal role in the lives of billions of people every single day. Usually, the first thing that a person looks at when they wake up is their cell phone, which most have already used as their alarm clock. Every day we see the use of technology becoming more and more predominant in society. It is used as the backbone of how society functions; communication, information, and entertainment. There can be no denying the usefulness that technology has brought to the lives of people, but too much a good thing can be bad. The use of technology has brought about a dependency that has hindered people from thriving at a full capacity because technology is there to do it for them.

The largest globalization movement the world has ever conceived coincided with the development of an entire generation and we are now seeing its effects on the world. Technology driven cultural and economic changes has affected virtually every aspect of our daily lives in ways that our ancestors would never have imagined. Consequently, the world of business and its competitive players are consistently engaging in an emerging battle to overcome and innovate past their individual competitors in a world market where the opportunities are more boundless than ever. Entirely new industries emerge and others go the way of the dinosaurs thanks to our shake-up in global trends. In our toss-up global economy, what are some of the game changers and what adaptations does a firm need to implement to survive? Three of the game changers include, but are not limited to, integration of technology, the comeback of localized economies, and the push for greener business.

Technology consists of a never-ending cycle of development that has been improving for many generations. Today’s generation functions on a fast-moving environment which means that technology needs to match that pace to keep up with societies ever-growing demands. Scientists and engineers are simultaneously collaborating to develop new advances for people to integrate into their lives. History tells that the first wearable technology that was ever created was the watch. People wore them to help them keep track of what time it is. Generations later, Apple created the iWatch that has all the capabilities of both a watch and a cell phone all in one convenient device that stylistically looks like a watch. The author wrote "In the beginning was Apple. All things were made by it; and without it was not anything made that was made” (Economist 1). Alongside, Samsung recently came out with the Samsung Gear VR which allows people to see the digital world in three dimensions with moving animations. With the advancement of technology people today can progress further as a society by improving efficiency and speed. For example, the iWatch has a built-in calculator for whomever may need to calculate a math problem in the real world. This technology now can contact the paramedics with a simple click of a button if there are any problems and issues, which also aides the famous example of “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” The progression of technology has allowed people to keep track of

Throughout history, intellectual thinkers have guided the development of society through innovative inventions that changed the world drastically. One such invention that changed the way others communicated was the first telephone, created and revolutionized by Alexander Graham Bell. This invention harbored in a new period of time with increased numbers of technology. Since then, technology has expanded into television, computers, and other electronics that many rely on in order to function on a daily basis. People of all ages and backgrounds use technology consistently, including children and those from Generation Y of the 80’s and 90’s when electronic use became more frequent (Zhitomirsky-Geffett & Blau, 2016). Many have debated the effects of allowing children to use technology, but it is believed that there are both positive and negative effects. Childhood development is influenced by technology because it affects health, learning, social relationships, and sleep patterns.

History has witnessed have technological advances helping mankind out of different time periods into today’s world. One common theme is prominent throughout the development of technology, and that is the need for the cooperation of others in order to efficiently maintain a state of protection and security. Society values divides among groups to create superfluities that enabled mankind to live on and grow. Although neutral by itself, the manner in which technology is structured reflects the ideals of society which is self-preservation through the division of labour. By observing the work structures based on a global scale, discrete scale and gender, it can be shown how the coevolution of society and technology reflects the past ideals of based on the division of resources such as labour and people. For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction however, so what will also be discussed is the negative impacts of this coevolution.

Technological advancement has influenced development of many areas in life such as education, social, science, politics and economy. It also impacts on living standards, business and government. In particular, technology plays a significant role in many aspects of business such as production, marketing, strategic decision – making, innovation, trade and management. Using technology in production can enhance a firm’s competitiveness, and also help companies to develop while saving money and time and reduce the required labour force. However, much research illustrates that the development of technology has both favourable and unfavourable implications for companies and as Capon and Glazer (1987) have stated, as the recent trends of

Current generations living in developed countries are fortunate enough that through technology they may finally see the end of crippling disability. Previously unimaginable prospects are now reachable because of the advancements science has recently generated and a standard of living for most in 1st world areas has been reached which dwarves our former expectations; this is attributed to the fact that modern technology has been directed towards the aggregated purpose of the improvement of the general quality of life of all human beings. Developing the skills I already possess through college resources, I am inconceivably lucky enough to be able to participate in such a provident time in history, where the conditions which allow me to take part in science’s aims to bestow the universal right of enabled, wholesome body and mind to the populace are in effect, with such prominent universities and institutions flourishing worldwide and a plethora of government and societal backing on the side of progress. It is my ambition to bring new technology to fruition and my passion to aid others with that technology, and because of this intent to expand upon human dignity and health, several affairs and solutions have risen to my attention and I have theorized various means to reach these ends.