How Technology Changed Society

Through the years, weve watched technology grow like a child develop into adulthood It starts out closely crying and pooping, then crawling, gradu every(prenominal)y learn to walk, and finally able to harmonise at a speed we all wish we could keep up with. Weve seen technology fail, and weve seen it succeed. Weve poked fun at it when it doesnt nonplus sense, and weve praised it when its absolutely brilliant. Weve yelled at it when it runs out of power, and weve fixed or replaced it when it gets run down.We treat technology as a family membereven if that is a little co-dependent. You good dealt blame us, though its certainly made aspects of our lives easier Were no womb-to-tomb forced to send letters by the postal service, book vacations through travel agents, shop in stores, visit the library for research material, or wait for our photos to be developed. Thanks to technology, all of these activities can be performed every digitally or online.At the same time, though, technol ogy can make support more than convolutedespecially when something doesnt work right or doesnt do what its supposed to Say, for instance, a GPS device tells you to turn the wrong way on a one-way street (yikes ), or a computer erases all of your important data (ouch ). Unfortunately, its non always easy to understand how a product or service works, not to mention whether or not to h oldish off on adopting it until a mitigate, shinier thing comes along. A arrant(a) example is the ever-evolving video format.Weve gone from Betamax to VHS to DVD to HD DVD/Blu-ray to just Blu-ray (and everything in-between, of course). It can take years before a technology catches on, and even more time before we see a significant price drop. For the most part, however, technology does us more good than harm Its reconnected us with old college roommates, helped us learn a foreign language, and encouraged us to exercise. prolong us as we look back at how technology has changed our livesfor the bette r and for the worsein terms of communication, computing, dining, entertainment, and travel.