Entry #2: Technology: Bigger Than You Think

We've been talking a lot about technology in class this week. The 'Did You Know?' video was really interesting. I found a couple other videos that have to do with technology as well.

This video shows potential technology for the future. I thought this looked very surreal. Imagine being connected to everything everywhere. It seems like this sort of technology would never happen in our life times, but people have to consider that technologies that the world has today may not have been around when this generation was young. Parents of this generation may have never seen touch screen phones coming or even DVDs. Technology moves rapidly and the technology shown in the video could very well be among us in the next decade as some do believe. I suppose this gives everyone something interesting to look forward to as they get older!

Another video I came across has the same idea, but it's presented in a different way.

While the first video has the nice music and fun scenarios, this video gives off a completely different message in my opinion. First of all, the technology shown is obviously already created. I can't figure out why, but it's just not as shocking as the way it's presented in the first video. The second video actually makes me feel like humans will become extremely lazy (even worse than they already are) if this is released for the public to purchase and use it. Although advances in technology are usually to benefit humans and make most everything convenient, it seems as though technology only does two things: shortens the processes of many things in our lives so that we have time to cram more into our already busy schedules or allows us to do nothing and become too lazy for our own well-being.

I hope many of you understand the disadvantages of technology, but don't let those defeat the benefits. Technology really is important in keeping the world in some sort of chaotic order. Plenty of technologies allow for distractions, but users just have to have more self-discipline in order to avoid that. Let me know what you think of these house-friendly systems. Do you consider them revolutionary, or just a cripple on society?