Are We Becoming to Dependent on Technology?

Do you find it a difficult to go minutes without looking at your cellphone? Do you have the feeling of being lost if your cellphone is not in close vicinity? Many people find it difficult to go without their phone. Though the cell phone is a fairly recent invention, it has rapidly surpassed many other technologies. Cellphones has surely made pay phones almost extinct, and less people are using landline phones. Since the first phone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, telephones has continued to advance and has dominated the communication world. There were landlines, and payphones, which up until about a decade ago; they were seen on almost every corner. Cellphones has become one of the primary forms of communications. Today’s cellphones are much different than the first cellphones. Some of the first mobile cell phones were car phones. They were only as mobile as where you took your car, and had fewer capabilities than the cellphones that dominate the market today. As technologies continued to advanced more capabilities were given to the cellphone, and they became handheld and mobile, nonetheless the first cellphones were much bigger. As cellphones were advancing they were becoming much smaller and applications were being added. Now, cellphone users are capable of doing almost anything with a cellphone. You can instantly download music, movies, news, and take pictures and videos.

But cellphones are not the only technology that has dominated our world. In almost every aspect we are moving from print to digital, however is that good? What are we leaving ourselves vulnerable too?  With all the advances in technology, has it changed our mindsets, made us less patient and lazy, made us vulnerable to attacks by predators via viruses or any other outlet that we may open ourselves up to by indulging in such a trend? After over 200 years Encyclopedia Britannica no longer print books and has gone digital, and other options such as Wikipedia is available, however Wikipedia is not very credible and cannot be used as a credible source at many Universities. Cursive Writing, which used to be a valuable asset amongst individuals, is on the verge of becoming a loss. With teachers given the option of teaching cursive Writing, are we eventually leading towards the obliteration of writing altogether and moving totally to digital?

Technological advances will only continue to advance, however is all of technologies advances in our favor? Are we becoming too dependent on something that could possibly take over our lives? Technology has not only created jobs but also has taken away jobs because of the use of humans hands is no longer needed. Let’s not allow technology to allow simple things become extinct. Lack of internet does not mean we are shut out to the rest of the world, but open up to what once was, before the internet, video games and other technological advances that has abrupt changes in society. Let’s not allow ourselves to fall so deep into technologies advances that we become indebt to technology.