#15, Technology Differences
This article is mostly focusing on the new technology in relation to people. Typically, the older people are not as familiar with the different technologies, while teens or younger people are very familiar. It is interesting to see the changes in technology over the past few years, and intriguing to think of what will happen next. It used to be just stuffed animals were thought of as pets, but now the toys are computer animated, so they are more so like real pets. However, now kids are spending their time on the computer to interact with games, instead of physically being with someone else. The downfall to technology is that there is no real connection, like mentioned online friends, and real friends. The meaning of friendship has changed, it used to be that the only way you can communicate with someone would be being with them, or maybe talking on the phone, whereas now you can send so many different types of messages. These messages may also be deceiving, you may not know what that person truly means or how they feel. Older people might find it difficult to multitask, where teens do several different tasks at once, they can be doing homework on the computer, listen to music, and texting with the television on in the background. Although these may serve as distractions, some teens are able to do this and still stay focused and complete the task, where someone older may only focus on one thing and have no distractions. Communication also changes, because there is no talking face to face, which you lose the trait to be personable and interact, this can serve as a downfall in the working place when you might interview for a job. Times are changing, and technology is changing along which changes the generations within that time, these may be good changes, but they are also bad changes.
on February 8, 2010 at 9:33 pm
I agree with you for the most part.. Although I do think that this author kind of blew this article out of proportion. It’s not as if a gap is going to form between generations, people of all ages are obsessed with technology!
on February 9, 2010 at 4:37 pm
I agree with you that these technology changes are both good and bad. Our generation is growing up learning these new technologies, except we may be missing out on other things that are still important but don’t involve these technologies.
on February 9, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I completely agree with you Kelly. I really like how you said that the fact that all these new ways of communication are affecting our ability to interact and be personable that this will have an affect on us being about to talk face-to-face with people in the future. I couldn’t agree more with that. It is so easy to talk to someone with a screen in between our faces but once you take away that screen, it becomes much more difficult. You commented on mine and said that technology is advancing whether we like it or not and you are one hundred percent right. These companies are going to keep manufacturing new products in order to maintain their customers and remain competitive in the business world.
on February 9, 2010 at 9:31 pm
I really like the point you made, Kelly, about the confusion of text messaging and online communication. While talking to someone face to face it is easy to express a feeling in the intonation of your voice, however, when you are texting someone it is quite common for them to take a joke in the wrong way and start a fight which could have been avoided if they just heard how you really meant it. Also, another negative is that instead of going out and being with friends, the children will remain immobile for extended periods of time adding to the problem with obesity throughout America.
on February 10, 2010 at 12:47 pm
The part that I strongly agree with, is when Kelly said that the technology might be deceiving. When you get a message from somebody on your phone or on facebook and you don’t really know who they are, there should be an automatic red flag thrown. It’s like on the online dating services, you can lie about who you are; what stops somebody from lying on facebook? Everybody thinks that things like that won’t happen to them, but that just shows how blind we are.
on February 10, 2010 at 3:31 pm
I agree with everything you had to say. I don’t understand why the youth being so attached to technology is always shown in a negative light. If this were the case why would schools constantly try in involve new and different types of technology.
on February 10, 2010 at 7:56 pm
The points you make are very true and I have seen the differences within my workplace over a wide range of ages. This technology skill base has resulted in there being a new type of social skill which has evolved with terminologies based on their technical capability. What would be an interesting followon to this article would be a future look at how these people stay at the forefront of new tehnologies. Or do they become lost just as their parents seemed lost with the overload of information at their fingertips….
on February 11, 2010 at 6:34 pm
The one point I really agreed with you on, was the idea about losing the connection you have with someone when you talk to them face to face. You lose the emotion, the laughter, and their facial expressions that you expect to see in the midst of a conversation. I think technology, while useful for certain things, may wind up doing more harm than good when it comes to a certain point in the future.