"All About Technology"

While first considering how to go about completing this assignment, I tried to keep in mind the one constant characteristic of technology: it is always changing. What is technology? General term used in the processes by which human beings fashion tools and Machines to increase their control and understanding of the material environment. Technology is changing everyday, and will forever be a staple in our lives. Even simple tasks like writing letters have changed dramatically over the past few decades. Twenty years ago, the postal system was the most common way for people to communicate through writing. Now people use e-mail, allowing them to communicate with anyone in the world at the click of a mouse. Other activities associated with writing have also made a shift to computers, condemning devices like the typewriter and the pencil to relative obscurity. 

There is no escape from technology. In most cases this is not a problem though. Many people respect and admire technology because it is there to benefit them. Without the technological advances we have had over the years, the world would not be what it is today. Now we all know that technology has really changed our lives. There are lots of improvements we are now using because of technology. Our means of communication has greatly improved in the dawn of the modern technology. We now have so many hi-tech gadgets that we use for everyday communicating with people from all over the world. The telephone is a very helpful mean tool for us to talk with people from remote places, then came out the cellular phones, which we can take with us wherever we go. Now, we are given the privilege to use computers and the internet that has such a wide variety of easy communication offers. It is one of the reasons why we should be thankful for technology. There have been lots of advantages with technology when it comes to health. Our lives will never be the same again after the breakthroughs of many medicines and other discoveries. Lengthening our lives is very easy these days. We can choose whether we want to live a longer life, and there are certain methods for that. The production has also been increased. Now, we can create materials in just minutes with multiple productions at a time. This is what the modern machines contribute to our society.

Technological inventions seem to have improved our way of life, but they have caused many side effects that have a negative impact on the world as well. Although there have been many advances in technology in recent years, this technology has had a harmful effect on social interactions, health, and the environment. Technology has greatly changed the way people interact socially. Due to email and cell phones, it is now unnecessary to talk to someone face-to-face in order to make a business deal. This convenience can weaken business relationships, however, because interactions through texting and email can often be misinterpreted. The effect that technology has on our children has brought on some concerns and some praises. Children these days have no choice but to somehow be influenced by the ever growing technology in our societies. Technology can refer to so many things, but there are three main parts of technology that are having the greatest effects on our children: video games, television/media, and computers. Many children are hooked in video games that came to a point that they may take for granted their studies. Many of these technology which we are introduced to are made to “make our life easier.” For example computers are made to compress many technological pieces together that we can use to complete many different tasks. As these items help us with our everyday life, we become accustomed to them and they become necessary to have on us at all times. Although technology has changed our lives drastically, we should be aware of the social and moral consequences caused by such advanced innovations.