Tech-know-logies
The technology world is becoming more and more integral in society as businesses and organisations move towards an increasingly competive market in making the most of the latest technologies available. But how much do we know about technology? To what extent are we benefited by technology? That's not to say that it has no beneficiality whatsoever.
What deems to be significant is that we never know the implications of technology till it is within our grasps especialy in regards to communications technology. The internet was never designed for the conuldrum that has progressed to this very day. It was soley made for scientific purpose and who would of thought that today we would be creating a somewhat alternative virtual life in a community or virtual space interacting with people from all walks of life! Technology definitely has it's benefits- convenience, efficiency, creativity but is also dis-empowers humans and leaves alot of room for debate and what the implications of technologcial use will be in say 20,30 years down the track, even 10 years.
As discussed in the lecture today, website such as Myspace, Youtube and Flickr as examples have hurtled in quicker then the media industry can say "user generated content." Firm predictions in a constantly changing environment will turn out to be wrong in the future. Who knows, perhaps your mobile would become a universal portable device enabling yourself to check in at the airport, pay for your groceries. We all know that the world is becoming more and more interconnected with the likes of advances such as these. But when is enough , enough? Where do the boundaries lie when work and leisure/family time are paralleled? Will an increase in technology lead to more workload? It can be seen that new technologies somewhat complicate things to the extent that things are taking just as long being that we ourselves are constantly battling keeping up with the latest technological battles popping up before our very own eyes.
Will technology end in the destruction and breakdown of community and the world itself? as we become more profit driven humans treating the environment with dis-respect or will technology prove the latter and provide new endless possibilities?
As Captain planet says, " The power.... is yours" [cheesey i know, but relevant]
What deems to be significant is that we never know the implications of technology till it is within our grasps especialy in regards to communications technology. The internet was never designed for the conuldrum that has progressed to this very day. It was soley made for scientific purpose and who would of thought that today we would be creating a somewhat alternative virtual life in a community or virtual space interacting with people from all walks of life! Technology definitely has it's benefits- convenience, efficiency, creativity but is also dis-empowers humans and leaves alot of room for debate and what the implications of technologcial use will be in say 20,30 years down the track, even 10 years.
As discussed in the lecture today, website such as Myspace, Youtube and Flickr as examples have hurtled in quicker then the media industry can say "user generated content." Firm predictions in a constantly changing environment will turn out to be wrong in the future. Who knows, perhaps your mobile would become a universal portable device enabling yourself to check in at the airport, pay for your groceries. We all know that the world is becoming more and more interconnected with the likes of advances such as these. But when is enough , enough? Where do the boundaries lie when work and leisure/family time are paralleled? Will an increase in technology lead to more workload? It can be seen that new technologies somewhat complicate things to the extent that things are taking just as long being that we ourselves are constantly battling keeping up with the latest technological battles popping up before our very own eyes.
Will technology end in the destruction and breakdown of community and the world itself? as we become more profit driven humans treating the environment with dis-respect or will technology prove the latter and provide new endless possibilities?
As Captain planet says, " The power.... is yours" [cheesey i know, but relevant]
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