Golden Age Of Technology Essay

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Steven Valadez 5/2/2014 Sociology 203-J Durowade Introduction The year is 2014, and people half way across the globe are able to communicate face-to-face by the touch of a button. Home phones have been replace by mobile phones. Everyday tasks have been simplified to the point where one doesn’t have to leave their homes to buy groceries. Someone on the bus is able to watch entire films streamed directly to their phones. Children watch their favorite TV shows at dinnertime. Friends share photos of their day, tagging one another within those same photos. Some would call it the Golden Age of Technology, others the Mobile Age. Technology has created a means of making almost everything mobile. People don’t have to make the trip to the bank anymore to deposit checks, or transfer money. The need for maps is long gone. Why make the trip to the movies when you can have almost any movie streamed directly to your phone, laptop or television for a small fee? Purchasing groceries has never been easier, with technology you can purchase your groceries online and have shipped directly to your home. People can now write full papers on the bus and save them on the cloud for simple access later. It is amazing where technology has brought us, but at what cost. Human interaction is on a rapid decline. The Golden Age of Technology is slowly becoming the Age Everyone Stopped Talking to Eachother. It is important to understand just how much of an impact technology is having on society. Technology is creating a gap between people instead of bridging the gaps. Individuals all across the world are c’oncerned with their mobile devices and social media website (those of which who have access) and this is creating, in my opinion, a decline in human interactio... ... middle of paper ... ...aware that there is a fine line between using and abusing. We have created a dependence upon technology that is driving us further apart from one another, to the point where we use it to communicate with individuals in the same room. Human interaction is a basic need that we must not lose, technology is consuming us and we cannot allow it to dictate our lives. Citations http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/slideshare-global-digital-statistics-2014-stats-facts-study-presentation/ http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/communication_industries/cb13-111.html http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/technology-can-have-positive-and-negative-impact-on-social-interactions http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/mobile-technology-fact-sheet/ http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/white_paper_c11-520862.html

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