In Chapter 10 of Mix it Up, Grazian discusses the growth of technology. He discusses the way society has evolved with the new technology and abilities along with how it has affected industry over the years. In the very beginning of the chapter Grazian speaks of the Nigerian e-mail scam. He basicly opens up with this to show how easy it is to be taken advantage of in this day and age. He then goes into how everything with technology is quickly paced and the way we read is not as thorough as it used to be because of the way the internet is set up with breif summaries and headlines. Grazian then speaks of how people no longer communicate in person as much as we used to. It takes away the normal people skills that society used to have and many people are just so used to using portable devices. Information travels much more quickly. Although it is extremely efficient people are becoming lazy and very dependent on portable devices. Also, games such as world of War craft give people a chance to live a life as someone else and is un heard of in any other day and age.
What I found extremely interesting is that in society today we are extremely efficient with information flow and communication. However, it is scary how dependent people are on the technology we have and if we ever lose the technology we have who knows what will happen. Basicly, it is crazy that something that works so good can still have negative effects on society.
This leads me to my question. Do you think society is too dependent on the technology that we have? Will technology eventually dig a hole to deep where society cannot resort back to older ways of communication and interaction? What do you think?
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I definitely think society is too dependent on technology. For example, it is hard to imagine life without a cell phone now when obviously people were doing just fine years ago without them! Our society is constantly evolving and technology advancements parallel this. We will never have the same form of communication and interact as time goes on. Will the commincations/interactions be for the better? I don't know. Hopefully.
ReplyDeleteSociety is already well past the point of no return for technology and communications. If a huge emp were to knock out all electronics in the U.S. or Europe, we would probably fall into a second dark age and a state of anarchy and chaos. I am not saying that our reliance on new technologies is a bad thing, it is necessary for continued advancement, but it is important to take precautions for such an event. Another worry going around is about Chinese hackers disabling America's power grid by overloading transformers. This would be a serious setback but could be repaired in a less than a year, unlike an emp attack where all electronics would need to be repaired or replaced.
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