Where would this world be without technology? Debates have been made for many decades whether or not social networking and technology is producing a more etiquette economy or a more destructive one. Social Networking and technology is transforming this society in positive ways. Think about the Wright brothers. They had no technology whatsoever to back them up; they made creations with the bare resources that the earth gave them. Wilbur and Orville did not have computers to aid them in recording all of their data. Also, they did not have access to facilities that are used for “practice runs” of large experiments nowadays. The brothers conducted this undertaking with the respect that they only had so many resources they could use, (technology not being one of them), yet at the same time they were testing their limits as well as the limits of the century to try and give life to the technology of flight. If anyone, an inventor for example, had had questions that required answers, they were not able to simply “google” it back then. They had to rely on the intelligence they themselves had obtained throughout their lifetimes. However, teachers today are not required to do as much raw thinking as inventors from the past were. This reason may be why many people are so concerned about how children are learning about technology (Sagan). If information is taught the wrong way; that piece of knowledge can be misunderstood for the rest of that person’s life. “The problem of identifying and understanding goals to match the new means that technology provides us is the central problems of our time---one of the greatest problems in human history. Its solution can be one of the most exciting and one of the most important areas for human ... ... middle of paper ... ...gy?” Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing (2004): 1. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 24 Jan. 2014. Mathews, Rebecca, MA, Fiona Cameron. N.p.. Web. 22 Jan 2014. . Oleson, Douglas E. “Making Technology Matter.” Vital Speeches Of The Day 63.10 (1997): 313. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 24 Jan. 2014. Sagan, Carl. “In Praise Of Science And Technology.” New Republic 176.4 (1977): 21. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 24 Jan. 2014. Sexton, Jennifer English, Marlanda. “Counterpoint: Social Networking Websites Isolate People And Put Them At Risk Of Predation.” Points Of View: Social Networking Sites (2013): 3. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 24 Jan. 2014 “With new technology comes responsibility.” Sunday Star-Times 21 Apr. 2013: A16. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 24 Jan. 2014.
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“Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder, leaving us with fifty-button remote controls, digital cameras with hundreds of mysterious features.” (James Surowiecki) Whether or not is known, technology has become too heavily relied on. It is replacing important social factors such as, life skills and communication skills. While technology is created to be beneficial, there must be a point in time where we draw the line. Once face-to-face conversations begin to extinguish, this means that there is too much focus on the “screen culture”. In her writing, “Alone Together”, Sherry Turkle talks
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It has been argued that the strength of one’s society is based upon the social rules it embraces. These rules while sometimes simple and easily identified can at other times be complicated with unwritten presupposed conditions that strong social communities rely upon as their principle governing conduct. This conduct can be exemplified in the way its citizens communicate ideas, interact with one another, accept personal responsibility for their actions, and participate in the community as a whole. Social media’s lack of face-to-face contact is leading to the collapse of these social rules and consequently to the decline of social skills in America today.
Albert Einstein once said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” Technology is a controversial topic, some say we are depending in excess from gadgets and devices. However, if it wasn’t for technology we wouldn’t be able to experience many benefits.
In conclusion, various studies across the world have shown that people are equally divided on whether social media should be shut down or encouraged to operate. As such, the issue of whether social networking is good or bad remains a matter of contention. The conceptualization of social media was driven by the goal of enhancing communication among friends and families hence making the world a better place. However, somewhere down the line, it appears that the privileges of social networking have been abused. This has portrayed social networking as not such a good thing. Nevertheless, despite all these challenges, I strongly feel it is a necessary evil. How would the world be without easy communication made possible by social media?
There is no doubt that the accomplishments made through technology are astonishing. Technology has made amazing impacts on everything from science in space to medical science to the devices we use every day that make our lives easier. People are living longer and better than ever before, but we can’t forget how to live without it. “Just because technology is there and makes something easier doesn’t mean we should rely on it so much that we can’t think for ourselves,” (Levinson).
Social networking works like an online community of internet users. Depending on the topic of website, people share their common interests in hobbies, religion, politics and other spheres of their lives. As soon as you sign up, or register on a site, you get access to reading profile pages of other members and possibly even contacting them. While with the constant use of these social technologies, less people are communicating in person, this type of technology might be doing more harm than good because with the rise of websites such as Facebook, social networking may be on the verge of replacing traditional personal interactions for the next generation. Social networks were created for the sole purpose of helping individuals communicate. There are many other reasons that these technologies are used, but communication is still the number one. It is not only changing how we communicate, but how we interact with each other in daily life.