Post by José on Nov 16, 2015 18:17:40 GMT
Losing Reality
With technological advancements, those in the tech world (and non), marvel over its abilities. However as technology advances we are slowly also losing ourselves. Inventions seem to make life easier. At what price does this easier life come with? When the car was invented, not only did it make our lives easier, but made things faster also. We were able to get from point A to point B a lot faster and with less physical ability. As years go by, we do learn from our past and become better inventors. We also now live in a world that wants everything faster, stronger, now!
Our world is becoming more efficient with technology. Similar to the car, we are getting things done faster. Greeting cards are a thing of the past. The days of perusing through the isles at our local Thrifty for a birthday card are gone. I can simply send one on the computer.
Before Jane Goodall or Diane Fossey’s research became public, communication was one of the most prominent things that differentiated humans from any other living thing. Yet the way we communicate is vastly changing. In classrooms, students don’t turn to talk to each other during breaks, instead you see heads bowed down as if everyone were on time-out, or everyone was playing a game of ‘Heads up 7-up’! The dating world has moved on line, we no longer go out of our way to talk to each other, and get to know strangers out in the public.
How we share information a private moments is no longer face-to-face. We now share private moments of our lives for the entire world to see. In Professor Lane’s The Next Level is Psychic, he says, “The individual’s private psychic space is being outed.” We no longer have privacy.
Television is now readily available where ever you are. Rather than having a conversation with someone in the car, on a train or on a plane, we turn to our shows on our electronic devices. No good shows to watch? Pull out your tablet and read a book. And while you’re at it, make sure to keep an eye on your child’s electronic device. So now parent etiquette now has to extend to include the dangers of the Internet.
Technology changing the way we do things on a day-to-day basis, is slowly assisting humans in losing our sense of reality. We are so engulfed in it, that we lose track o what is real and not. Our problem solving skills and critical thinking ability is being lessoned because the ability to learn hoe to do so, is being removed. In other words, our cognitive skills are being challenged, but differently now. Rather than challenging our cognitive skills in human interaction we are challenging our cognitive skills on how to make better use of technology. Gone are the days of penmanship. In the same essay mentioned above, Professor Lane states, “ I don’t think we are even aware of its devastating consequences.
With technological advancements, those in the tech world (and non), marvel over its abilities. However as technology advances we are slowly also losing ourselves. Inventions seem to make life easier. At what price does this easier life come with? When the car was invented, not only did it make our lives easier, but made things faster also. We were able to get from point A to point B a lot faster and with less physical ability. As years go by, we do learn from our past and become better inventors. We also now live in a world that wants everything faster, stronger, now!
Our world is becoming more efficient with technology. Similar to the car, we are getting things done faster. Greeting cards are a thing of the past. The days of perusing through the isles at our local Thrifty for a birthday card are gone. I can simply send one on the computer.
Before Jane Goodall or Diane Fossey’s research became public, communication was one of the most prominent things that differentiated humans from any other living thing. Yet the way we communicate is vastly changing. In classrooms, students don’t turn to talk to each other during breaks, instead you see heads bowed down as if everyone were on time-out, or everyone was playing a game of ‘Heads up 7-up’! The dating world has moved on line, we no longer go out of our way to talk to each other, and get to know strangers out in the public.
How we share information a private moments is no longer face-to-face. We now share private moments of our lives for the entire world to see. In Professor Lane’s The Next Level is Psychic, he says, “The individual’s private psychic space is being outed.” We no longer have privacy.
Television is now readily available where ever you are. Rather than having a conversation with someone in the car, on a train or on a plane, we turn to our shows on our electronic devices. No good shows to watch? Pull out your tablet and read a book. And while you’re at it, make sure to keep an eye on your child’s electronic device. So now parent etiquette now has to extend to include the dangers of the Internet.
Technology changing the way we do things on a day-to-day basis, is slowly assisting humans in losing our sense of reality. We are so engulfed in it, that we lose track o what is real and not. Our problem solving skills and critical thinking ability is being lessoned because the ability to learn hoe to do so, is being removed. In other words, our cognitive skills are being challenged, but differently now. Rather than challenging our cognitive skills in human interaction we are challenging our cognitive skills on how to make better use of technology. Gone are the days of penmanship. In the same essay mentioned above, Professor Lane states, “ I don’t think we are even aware of its devastating consequences.