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Technology Vs Technology

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Since the 1950’s technology advancements have exceeded the expectations of everyone but have also failed those of some. Most people believed that in the 21st century we would have very interesting technology, such as we can see in the film Back To the Future, they pictured us having flying cars, flying skateboards, and technology that is very intricate. The way that people really imagined technology going kept pushing it, but at some point in time the advancement has stopped slightly and technology has mainly focused on things that we do daily. We can see how the differences in technology can be drastic. This is also a reason why the technology that my grandparents and my parents has differed on the way that they do things on a daily routine. My grandparents were born in the 1930’s, sadly they are no longer with us, but my parents have showed me the way that they used to live. My grandparents lived in a small town that was very poor and had no technology. T.V’s had not yet reached their towns and were not invented into the 1950’s, this meant my grandparents only saw black and white t.v in their lifetime. Most of my grandad’s day consisted of field work, harvesting the daily food, and trading goods to be able to get meat for dinner. My grandmother’s day consisted of killing chickens, cooking food, and doing house chores. When my mother left to the United State my grandmother would only call her when she got enough money to pay for a phone call. This shows how there was

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