Time after time, new technology is being introduced. We are getting used to new aspects of technology and how much more futuristic our society is evolving into. The more and more technology is being created, the easier and faster it becomes for us to communicate with information and people.
We become so dependant on technology, we are always waiting on the next big thing to be introduced to us. It is something that we do every day and it seems like technology is becoming more of our best friend than our actual friends are. Instead of going to your friends house to talk and just have fun, we resort to using facebook, skype, msn, etc. We are still communicating with them but it just isn't face to face. We are erasing the special people from our lives because technology has replaced them.
The question is...will technological development ever end? There is no limit to what technology can do so we never know what we could be faced with technologically 20 years from now. Vincent Mosco says, "history is filled with mythmaking about technology." When new technology is introduced, so do myths about the new technology. We never know when this new technology is going to end and if there will even be an ending.
Because we are users of this new technology, we need to be open to the idea that technology is going to be in our lives forever. We need to be able to distinguish the difference between the myths of technology and the reality of it. We should make our own decisions on how we feel about technology and embrace what the future holds.
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