Mood: devoid
Current Tunes: Dragonforce - The Power Within
New technology is not simply appended onto society; technology completely changes society. Sixty years ago, there were only a handful (actually room-full) of computers. Today, computers are ubiquitous. We depend on them so much that if they were to disappear our society would be thrown into complete pandemonium. Technology has blessed our lives by facilitating the completion of tasks in a short amount of time. For many people, this has led to taking on too many tasks, each one completed poorly. People simultaneously update their Facebook profile, listen to music, do homework, converse on Skype, skim global news outlets, and perform many other activities as a result of technological advances. Left unchecked, society will focus on such a multitude of tasks that it will never complete a single task. Society will become like butter that has been spread over too much bread: adding a little flavor but not enough in one place to satisfy our appetite. We must learn to focus on what is truly important today and in the future.
I appreciate that you put the responsibility on the users of computers rather than the computers themselves. While I do worry about the rate of technological advances at times, most often it is the abuse of those advances that I fear. Without computers, I wouldn't have a job, I may not know how to support my wife and I certainly would not be working as hard in college as I am. Yet even as I write this, I am watching my code compile at work, listening to music, and thinking about what's coming today. But that's not the computer's fault, it's my own. Oh, and nice LOTR reference!
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