It is amazing how technology has changed our lives, just about everything we use IS technology. We work with technology, study with technology, communicate with technology, and even bathe with technology. The video above shows how a university offers online courses for students. Boasting 24/7 access as well as instructors on stand by near a telephone, the university is able to cater to students despite not having a face-to-face interaction with them. Not just universities, even loved ones are never too far away to converse with handphones or web cams. Long distance relationships have moved out of the deviant category with the use of technology. The saying that "face-to-face interaction is the best method" is slowly being forgotten as more people are draw into the possibilities of technology.
Technology could also be seen from another perspective. With the increasing usage of social network sites, communication on the web could also become dangerous. There could be anonymous users who mean to harm others, trusting the internet with personal information and bank accounts could also lead to disaster with the increase of hackers. Just as the internet is a powerful tool to us, it could also be a powerful tool for those who mean to harm others. Putting that with the power of communication could lead to disaster for us.
There is also the issue of over reliance on technology for our needs. For example, some of us feel safer talking through the internet and thus, become antisocial in reality. Also, with the various social networking sites increasing in popularity, we find ourselves spending more and more time online. What if all this did not exist, no more social networking sites and handphones, if the internet did not exist. Would we be able to continue working and living without technology? Would communication be more effective without technology?
What are your views?
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ReplyDeleteI think that communication and technology work hand in hand in this day and age. If we compare the communication between say 10 years back and now, I feel that as technology has advanced, so has the way we communicated. Gone are the days where we would write letters or snail mail to our friends, instead it's email and e-invites. I believe that if we suddenly take away technology from our lives, the way we communicate would definately be more different.
ReplyDeleteThe point which you made about reliance on technology is also something which I strongly agree with. I think that it's for us not to be reliant, especially with how we were brought up. In Singapore, it is so common for a primary school kid to have an email account or even a facebook account. Even now, our IT literacy age goes lower and lower.
What I think is important is that we are grounded in who we are and how we communicate. We must never have an over reliance to it because if the day would come where technology just become inoperable, we would be like the city of Venice and just collaspe.