Do We "Need" Technology?
Okay, so for English class we were assigned a paper today, dealing with the whole issue of "need" and whether or not we actually "need" technology. Technology is something that helps us or doesn't help us. Technology is also something that can have consequences, but what do we consider the consequences? Below are a few possible topics that I might cover for my paper, along with some of my reasoning behind the topic itself.
One possible topic could be to address the increased speed of technology by examining the evolution of a certain technological product or digital media. The question that many people get asked often is: how has the pace and speed of technology changed our way of living? There are both pros and cons for the way technology has changed our lives, and how technology continues to impact our everyday lives. For a con is that every few months a new form of technology is being advertised on televisions, radios, and the Internet. The pieces of technology that I will examine are that of computers of the 50s and 60s to the laptops and smart phones of today. I feel that technology as a whole has helped life move forward with the new inventions being created every few months to a year, but there are also disadvantages to the speed and pace that technology moves at. One disadvantage to the speed and pace is that other companies are constantly making more and more to keep up with other businesses. Another disadvantage is the fact that by the time you become accustomed to one piece of technology by a year's time, there will most likely be a newer version of the piece of technology out. However, even though I have only listed off disadvantages, there are advantages to the speed of technology. With the increase in the newer technology, people today are able to get their hands on some of the newest technology of the year. With newer technology, everything is going to be more personalized along with the fact that it keeps people up to date on the newest things coming out into the society.
Another possible topic that I could cover for my English paper is that of Facebook and the notion of privacy (is your profile your own?). Facebook is a more recent innovation used to communicate with others, through the web. On Facebook, everyone can sign up and make an account, free of charge, where people can go and meet friends, talk to friends, post pictures/videos, play games, and much more. But the question that continues to rise is the notion of privacy, is your Facebook profile your own? Different people who use Facebook these days are able to chose how private and how open they want their profile to be. The owner of the profile gets to choose which information they want to be shown on their profile along with who people accept to be friends with or not. However, there is a risk of someone being able to break into their Facebook page, along with if someone else gains access to their password and email address. Such occasions have happened before, and therefore, I feel they have come to the question on whether or not your profile is of your own?
Above I have mentioned two possible topics that I might cover for my English paper dealing with the rhetorical "need" and whether or not we actually "need" technology or not. There are many unanswered questions dealing with the fact that technology is changing and whether or not we believe technology is impacting us in a good or bad way.
I really enjoyed this paper topic. I wrote about the Facebook privacy issue. I found out a plethora of reasons why one should delete their Facebook, but at this substantial growth of members that continues to beat out MySpace it does not look like Facebook is going away.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the excessive use of technology promotes laziness. Any technological advance should help humans but not take away the work that must be preformed to receive what is desired. I believe this is the cause for America's obesity problem, and has turned us into an "instant satisfaction" type of society. Technology needs to be watched like a child to make sure it does not exist just for convenience purposes.
I somewhat agree with Abslide. I use Facebook and when I'm bored I check it all the time. People are becoming increasingly lazy but not all technology promotes laziness. Technology, computers mainly, are necessary for almost any part of business. In days before the internet it would take at least twice as long for my mom, an analytical chemist, to complete a project because it would take time to get the reports and information about a certain trial where as now all of the information is just an email away. So I say that technology has made our society more productive, but it has the potential for making us extremely lazy.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that even after your account is deleted Facebook still owns the right to your profile. Being an avid Facebook user, I was deeply disturbed when I heard this. It just goes to show you that you need to be careful what you put on the Internet and what websites you trust. Information on the Internet today will still be there thirty years from now. Internet users need to be careful because something that is seemilngly harmless as Facebook may have consequences in the future.
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