We live in a rapidly expanding world of technology, in fact according to IDC the amount of digital information doubles every 18 months. A staggering amount of info is available to us, no wonder we operate on overload a good deal of the time. Every since the advent of the internet in the 60s with DARPA, and its recent meteoric rise since the early 90s, technology has us on its jagged edge. Moore's Law states that integration of technology and its power to speed up transfer has doubled every two years. THis law goes back about 40 years
Jagged edge because with one benefit comes a host of problems along with it. What was heralded as a wonderful invention and convenience has now become a tool for changing how people interract and amuse themselves, and not always in a healthy balanced way.
Take your kids, most kids if theyre like the ones I know spend most of their free time on the internet or video games. When I was growing up, of course it was a different story! Kids today desperately need balance in their lives but often live in the cyber world and as such have a distorted idea of the world.
Socially, the technology has ezpanded the amount of people we can interface with, People used to meet around a bar or club, or social event such as a dance. Now the majority of them meet initially on the internet. Some have met their lives, many more still wait for the magical one to appear. The promise of the internet and its vast reach hasnt translated into love yet. Others have been the victims of fraud or even violent crime, because it is hard to ascertain a person's character through the keyboard. Technology has left us fewer ways to autentically interract, and when we do, our minds refuse to let us relax and be in the moment!
Divorce has become much more prominent with the advent of social media. Many more options have not made it any easier for us to stick to mongamous relationships. The wondering eye has never been filled with so many tempting ways to go astray. In our next segment we will explore how technology has changed our health.
The following segments will cover how technology has made it easier to make money but also delivered tons of scammers to our doorstep. Problem: how to determine a winner from a loser.
Jagged edge because with one benefit comes a host of problems along with it. What was heralded as a wonderful invention and convenience has now become a tool for changing how people interract and amuse themselves, and not always in a healthy balanced way.
Take your kids, most kids if theyre like the ones I know spend most of their free time on the internet or video games. When I was growing up, of course it was a different story! Kids today desperately need balance in their lives but often live in the cyber world and as such have a distorted idea of the world.
Socially, the technology has ezpanded the amount of people we can interface with, People used to meet around a bar or club, or social event such as a dance. Now the majority of them meet initially on the internet. Some have met their lives, many more still wait for the magical one to appear. The promise of the internet and its vast reach hasnt translated into love yet. Others have been the victims of fraud or even violent crime, because it is hard to ascertain a person's character through the keyboard. Technology has left us fewer ways to autentically interract, and when we do, our minds refuse to let us relax and be in the moment!
Divorce has become much more prominent with the advent of social media. Many more options have not made it any easier for us to stick to mongamous relationships. The wondering eye has never been filled with so many tempting ways to go astray. In our next segment we will explore how technology has changed our health.
The following segments will cover how technology has made it easier to make money but also delivered tons of scammers to our doorstep. Problem: how to determine a winner from a loser.
Technology has robbed us of quiet meditative time alone. Instead we feel compelled to do what everybody else is doing, go online. We gain a companion but its no subsitute for meaningful personal interraction.
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