Technology Era

Whether you like technology or not, it really is paving the way for our future. As with anything else there are bad and good aspects revolving around it. Most would agree that technology is a positive thing, and that it is improving our lives. Its insane to even think about how much things have changed in the last five years relative to the release of the first Iphone.

The varieties of applications we can use on our Iphones are quite revolutionary. You can pay your my bills, check the weather, send an email, get the score to the Giants game, and much more all within seconds on your phone. What is there not to like about being more efficient? The technology era definitely has some competitive advantages over previous generations in seeking pretty much any information we please, by having the Internet at our fingertips. Our parents would have had to spend countless hours in the library researching, when we have the ability to do it all in seconds on the computer.

There are apparent disadvantages in the increasing demand for technology. It was just release that apple keeps track of all the Iphone users locations, and where they travel. This is most likely done to make some kind of marketing analysis, and they disclose it in the fine print of the contract that no one reads. But this seems a bit invasive of our privacy. Facebook is probably the worst about privacy. People assume that their Facebook pages are secure if they enable certain security options, however prospective employers, and school that you are applying to definitely have access to all you “secure” photos and information. If that prospective employer sees a bunch of photos on your Facebook of you drinking and parting I guarantee that they will think twice about how responsible you are. Essentially those photos can jeopardize whether you get that job or not, even if you are well-qualified candidate. As mentioned earlier about computer access, one has to be carful on the validity of the information we read, a lot of people post junk on the internet that has no relevance to the topic that we made our Google search on. Being selective, and making sure the sites you are using are credible sources is needed.

One might add that these disadvantages make critical thinkers. You really have to analyze what you are reading in order to make sure it is accurate information. In respects to the privacy concerns, it is just a matter of being carful what you post, and what you publicly talk about. This can be applied as a filter on what the outside world gets to know about you personally. It seems that a lot of people lack a filter on what they say or do, what they don’t realize is that people are making judgments on them just based on only what they see, not who you are. It is certain that previous generations had some partying habits too, but it wasn’t publicly displayed, and to be honest I think our generation has taken it to a whole new level, surpassing even the 1960s hippie movement. But that is a completely different topic of concern. On thing that really gets on my nerves is when someone texts you, and you don’t respond instantaneously. People are so off put by this, they can not seem to fathom that you might be doing something else which does not involve your phone being glued to your finger tips. The movie we watched today talked about a multi-tasking generation, which can be helpful and time efficient, although there is something to be said about being fully immersed into what your doing and not constantly having other distractions. It is all a matter of being selective on how we use technology to benefit ourselves. “Everything in moderation” as I am sure we have all heard our parents say. Might be something we want to consider with our use of, cell phones, computers, Facebook, videogames, etc.