Unit 2 Draft

Regardless of for good or for bad, Technology has had a huge impact on our lives over the past few years. It has entirely revolutionized our perspective of the world. Even just five to ten years ago, our everyday tasks were completely different due to the lack of technological advancements we have today. The article I read called Technology in our life today and how it has changed was pretty much exactly what one would think. It discussed all aspects of our lives and how technology has had an effect. It begins with the transformation of communication in more ways than one. Of course, there is the most obvious change which Is no longer needing to send letters or even emails to communicate with others. Even just within this last decade, to contact certain people one would need to handwrite a letter that could take multiple days to reach the recipient. Now, two people that are virtually anywhere on the planet can be in contact with each other via call or text in a matter of seconds.

The next aspect of communication is social media. Social media has entirely conquered our world and almost controls how we go about our every day. A majority of all people under the age of say 40 have multiple social media accounts and they use them for multiple hours every single day. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat have multiple billion combined users who actively use these platforms to stay in touch with friends and share their thoughts and feelings. Another technological advancement regarding to communication is how teachers communicate and teach their students which is something I had previously covered In Unit 1. Technology has had a much larger impact on education than most people normally think. “In the past, there had to be physical contact for any class to hold”( http://www.aginginplace.org/technology-in-our-life-today-and-how-it-has-changed/) and the teaching was strictly bound to the constraints of the classroom. Now, there is a world of information on the internet for students to use to learn on their own and not be reliant on their teachers. Tutoring for any subject imaginable can be done online through multiple different platforms. Even getting a college degree is something that can be done online now. Hundreds of colleges across the country offer online college classes and many even offer full college programs online.

The last aspect covered in this article is dating, but let’s look at it more broad as in face to face interaction as a whole. People do not talk in person nearly as much as they used to in years past. Neighbors do not spend time with each other anywhere near as much as they once did. People simply prefer to communicate and “hang out” with others via their online platforms. Dating specifically is not the same as it once was. It used to be that in order to find a date one would have to go out in public to meet someone, or perhaps get set up by a friend but times are entirely changed. Millions of people use online dating sites and apps that let them match with prospective dates and learn an awful lot about these people just via their online profiles. One can browse through dozens of options and decide who they think would be a good match based off of looks, personality, sense of humor or whatever qualities they can find online. Our lack of need for face to face interaction with others has ultimately led to a decline in just that. People just simply don’t hang out in person with one another nearly as much anymore and this is one of the greatest consequences of the emergence of technology. Now we have briefly covered some of the massive influences technology has had over the past decade or so, but lets take a look at where things could still possibly go.