Power of Technology
Technology for me personally has been a huge benefit to my life. Because of the advances in technology I now have access to all kinds of things at my fingertips. Thinking back to before all the touchscreens were possible and virtual worlds did not control the adolescent lifestyle. Having a bike, or a baseball bat is also considered technology. Treadmills and toasters are too. All these inventions along with thousands of more have been quite beneficial to the common citizen. Quite often though this society have grown attached to the cellular devices. Attached to the apps and web browsers. Thinking back to when I had my first phone. It changed my early teenage life in an instant. I went …show more content…
As if the more work you can balance the better person you are. I am guilty of this, I try exceedingly hard to be involved in everything. In highschool I bragged about all the extra work I had on my shoulders. I was a highly involved student, participating in ten extra curricular activities. I was president of four clubs and I had a job at the local burger shack three miles away from the school I attended. On top of that I helped my mom with her school work and completed everything in a breeze. I lived for the question “How do you do it?” Similar to me the common citizen is guilty as well. Although the situations may be different the circumstances remains the same. Meaning people all have their own individual priorities and requirements that they are to do. However we all relate because we have something in common and that is multitasking. Multitasking takes away from the connection we have with others. We allow our technology to distract us while we are in the company of others such as at the dinner table. In the reading Can you read this without distraction, the author explains; “The more we allow ourselves to be distracted from a particular activity, the more we feel the need to be distracted” (Von Pfetten 25). The importance of this statement is individuals have mentally made the decision to multi task, which hinders the connection we have with one another. Maybe this is due to the fear of having a real connection to others. The idea of mono tasking, which is focusing on only one particular task at a time can greatly benefit our relationships, if we allow it
Technology for me personally has been a huge benefit to my life. Because of the advances in technology I now have access to all kinds of things at my fingertips. Thinking back to before all the touchscreens were possible and virtual worlds did not control the adolescent lifestyle. Having a bike, or a baseball bat is also considered technology. Treadmills and toasters are too. All these inventions along with thousands of more have been quite beneficial to the common citizen. Quite often though this society have grown attached to the cellular devices. Attached to the apps and web browsers. Thinking back to when I had my first phone. It changed my early teenage life in an instant. I went …show more content…
As if the more work you can balance the better person you are. I am guilty of this, I try exceedingly hard to be involved in everything. In highschool I bragged about all the extra work I had on my shoulders. I was a highly involved student, participating in ten extra curricular activities. I was president of four clubs and I had a job at the local burger shack three miles away from the school I attended. On top of that I helped my mom with her school work and completed everything in a breeze. I lived for the question “How do you do it?” Similar to me the common citizen is guilty as well. Although the situations may be different the circumstances remains the same. Meaning people all have their own individual priorities and requirements that they are to do. However we all relate because we have something in common and that is multitasking. Multitasking takes away from the connection we have with others. We allow our technology to distract us while we are in the company of others such as at the dinner table. In the reading Can you read this without distraction, the author explains; “The more we allow ourselves to be distracted from a particular activity, the more we feel the need to be distracted” (Von Pfetten 25). The importance of this statement is individuals have mentally made the decision to multi task, which hinders the connection we have with one another. Maybe this is due to the fear of having a real connection to others. The idea of mono tasking, which is focusing on only one particular task at a time can greatly benefit our relationships, if we allow it