With the Good, Comes the Bad
Journal #1
Advancements in today's technology has ultimately lead to the fact that today's society is more connected and in touch with eachother. With cellphones, people are able to contact you wherever you are! They're able to send text messages, access the internet, take pictures/videos, and even act as mp3 players. Then again, instant messaging is definitely easier than calling someone. Infact, with instant messaging, a single individual could be talking to more than one person at a time and even take advantage of the fact that instant-messaging programs have the ability to initiate a conference chat (it certainly beats out three-way calling). These are only a small fraction of the innovative ways that technology has created as a means of staying connected with eachother more convenient and opening the doors to connect with new people easy.
con‧nect‧ed /kəˈnɛk
tɪd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-nek-tid]
–adjective
(Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=connected&x=0&y=0)
But being connected is not a one-way street.
If you have access to someone, then someone will have access to you.
The disadvantage of all this connectivity created through technology is a concern to someone's privacy. Posting your pictures, real name, address, etc on an online profile is dangerous, and you can't trust everyone you meet on the internet because everyone may not be what they seem. People you see in everyday life can be a threat to your privacy also. You could've been caught in a digital picture when you were walking by, you could've lost a memory card which had important information about you, and so on. Who knows who's browsing your blog regularly and telling everyone your secrets? Who knows who has your pictures? Who knows who has your phone number? But more importantly, who knows what the wrong people can do with that information?
Lastly, the most important thing is to never let technology control our lives.
Technology is neither good or bad, it just depends on how people use it.
Reminder: My blog is best viewed in a 1024x768 screen resolution on Internet Explorer.
Advancements in today's technology has ultimately lead to the fact that today's society is more connected and in touch with eachother. With cellphones, people are able to contact you wherever you are! They're able to send text messages, access the internet, take pictures/videos, and even act as mp3 players. Then again, instant messaging is definitely easier than calling someone. Infact, with instant messaging, a single individual could be talking to more than one person at a time and even take advantage of the fact that instant-messaging programs have the ability to initiate a conference chat (it certainly beats out three-way calling). These are only a small fraction of the innovative ways that technology has created as a means of staying connected with eachother more convenient and opening the doors to connect with new people easy.
con‧nect‧ed /kəˈnɛk
tɪd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-nek-tid]–adjective
| 1. | united, joined, or linked. |
But being connected is not a one-way street.
If you have access to someone, then someone will have access to you.
The disadvantage of all this connectivity created through technology is a concern to someone's privacy. Posting your pictures, real name, address, etc on an online profile is dangerous, and you can't trust everyone you meet on the internet because everyone may not be what they seem. People you see in everyday life can be a threat to your privacy also. You could've been caught in a digital picture when you were walking by, you could've lost a memory card which had important information about you, and so on. Who knows who's browsing your blog regularly and telling everyone your secrets? Who knows who has your pictures? Who knows who has your phone number? But more importantly, who knows what the wrong people can do with that information?
Lastly, the most important thing is to never let technology control our lives.
Technology is neither good or bad, it just depends on how people use it.
Reminder: My blog is best viewed in a 1024x768 screen resolution on Internet Explorer.
posted by Aude Sepere at 2:47 PM
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