In order to answer how various technologies have impacted my life, I must first ask what technology is. If you go with the definition in the reading, " Technology is the process by which humans modify nature to meet their needs and wants," the task is quite daunting. According to this definition, just about everything is technology. A car impacts my life by allowing me to travel further and faster than I could on horse or on foot. Going even more basic than that, a wheel can be considered technology. I won’t even get into all the applications of the wheel.
In order for this blog to end sometime this century, I think the topic is intended to be limited to modern technology. Without computers, I wouldn’t have a major (I’m computer graphics technology). I wouldn’t be able to post this. I would be constantly getting lost whenever I went somewhere new (mapquest is my friend). However, I don’t much notice the impact of technology. My dad started an ISP when I was about 6 years old. So I grew up with internet. My parents have had cell phones for as long as I can remember (I didn’t get one until high school). I grew up watching Star Trek and Star Wars. Since I expect technology to continue to improve and expand, I’m more likely to notice the effect when technology doesn’t work than when it does.
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Hi Rachel,
Glad to see your blog and it really taught me a lot, since I didn't know what technology was either.
In my opinion, technology is something that help our daily life to be more convenient and colorful. Is that right?
I also wish that computers can be improved with its impact instead of abandon them. I can not imagine what the world will be like if there is no computer anymore.
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