What affects technology have had on our lives?
Technology is a major part of both our professional and personal life whether if It’s at work, school, or home. According to Gebski’s article, he argues that “Technology is now so integrated with our lives that going without it can cause severe anxiety for some and It’s not hard to see why Technology has taken over” (2015). I completely agree with Gebski, because we depend so much on technology that going a day without it is impossible. With the level of technology use in our society “Modern technology has become such an important facet of our lives that without it, the world would be radically different” (Asset AmeriCorps Blog, 2011). In addition, technology has made our lives so easier because …show more content…
The use of Technology in this fields has made it easier to gain quick access to many resources that were not available to us before. However, this availability has minimized human contact which was a big part of our growing society in the past. According to Ramey (2012) “Technology has improved on how we connect or discover new relationships with things like mobile phones, and internet social media, people can connect with each so easily than before”. Although, technology has helped us in making important improvements to our society, it has hinder social interactions and makes us isolated from each other. People are more comfortable with communicating online than meeting people face to face and having a meaningful conversation. Therefore, instead of using technology to our advantage to educate ourselves, we tend to use it for our own selfish reasons at the time. As a result, the use of technology had created conflict in society because it is so often …show more content…
Therefore, business is realizing that they could use it to their advantaged to gain more consumers. According to Ramey’s “Businesses have used technology to gain a competitive advantage over their competitors” (2013). However, the use of technology by many businesses and educational institution is becoming very expensive. Thus, small business is left behind because they cannot afford the demand for technology use and upgrades big business is providing to consumers. As a result, theses small business is not gaining as much customer as the big business are. In addition, “It is important for them to bridge the “technology divide” and for us to help get them there” (Asset AmeriCorps Blog, 2011). I do believe that something needs to be done about this because small business is important to us and our economy as much as the big business