Communication is a natural asset as well. Babies communicate happiness with gurgles and discomfort with crying. Even without words, psychologists can read a person within seconds through their body language and facial expressions. Advanced communication, such as speech, reading and writing are essential tools in our current society as well. Even in the olden days, knowing how to read and write …show more content…
It has opened up a whole new area of the field of creativity for us to wander around in and explore. A friend of mine even said once that she prefers the electronic drawing pad over drawing on paper because she is able to save a lot of time with coloring and erasing. For story writers, there’s a boatload of apps that help you organize the plot, flesh out a character, et cetera. For music lovers, various music making apps such as Garage Band are available for one to utilize. For those who feel that their creativity well is drying up, a tour through aforementioned sites in the previous paragraph could make it …show more content…
The look of ecstasy on my grandmother’s face when she found quite a number of her old friends chatting away happily in a Whatsapp group was priceless. Even before that, she was starting to use technology to keep in touch with my aunt, her daughter in America. They Skype weekly, and when my aunt got pregnant, my grandmother was able to play a role in giving pregnancy advice and receiving weekly updates. Thanks to technology, my cousins know and love me even though we only meet in body once every two years. As a conclusion, I believe that technology has enhanced and improved creativity and communication in humans. While some might argue that technology has in other ways, impaired and crippled these two assets of ours due to our dependence on them, I would say that it largely depends on how we utilize them. Christian Lange once said, technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master, and we should take those words to heart. Let our creativity rule technology, our communication master it, but never let it create limits for our creativity, nor become inhibitors for