Technology Changing Our Culture

                         

Technology has changed our culture so much that we do not even do things the way we used to. For example, before technology advancements when you were picking someone up from their house you would knock on the door when you arrived. Now you just shoot the person a text and they come right now. Before technological advancements business people would have meetings face-to-face and now this can be done through e-mail or even video chat. Technological advancements are great and have made our lives so much easier, but can this be a bad thing as well? You cannot even sit and have a relaxing dinner with friends without one of their cell phones going off. People also rely on cell phones so much that we don't know how to do normal things without them. Like remember someone's phone number or drive from point A to point B,

Based on the quote above, this could very well be true for our culture. People do not interact like they used to because of our advancements in technology. In an article by Heather Kizziar (n.d.) she states, "Most people want to put their headphones in and listen to music rather than listening to another person. Videogames isolate all things from the world. Most people prefer technology today, just because that is all they know" (p. 1). We have steered away from social interaction making our culture anti-social in some ways. 

Although there are negative effects for every situation, technology has done a lot for our culture. We can get things done way more quickly and efficiently with the use of technology. It is used in the work field and for personal use as well. Charlie Gilkey (2015) says, "As much as technology is created from the fabric of our culture, technology also creates the fabric of our culture" (p. 1). At this point in our culture I would say that we need technology and it is here to stay.

                           

References

1)                  Gilkey, C. (2015, April 21). Technology and Culture Influence Each Other - Productive Flourishing. Retrieved July 10, 2016, from http://www.productiveflourishing.com/technology-and-culture-influence-each-other/

2)                   Kizziar, H. (n.d.). How Technology has Affected Our Culture. Retrieved July 10, 2016, from http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/what_matters/article/507629/How-Technology-has-Affected-Our-Culture/