Has Technology Helped Us
Has technology helped us?”
No Matter where we turn in the world, technology has become a part of our daily lives. We can find technology in businesses, hospitals, schools, communities and pretty much everywhere we turn. Some argue that we are too dependent on technology and as a result we have become isolated rather than more sociable; an example would be our newest generation of children that spend countless hours playing by themselves video games, computer games or sitting in front of a TV for hours. These children rarely interact with others, except through technology. Yet, we also see the benefits such as how technology has brought us closer to each other through webcams, cell phones, and more real-time communication tools. We will review the pros and cons of technology from the beginning of computers until today and why it is a good thing that technology exist, why were better with it then without it. There are many ways that technology has advanced and helped us. The first thing that I can think of is the car that was developed in 1672, of course it didn’t look like the average car that we know today, but that single invention transformed our ability to travel distances. It impacted how we were able to expand cities and even transformed factories through the assembly line process. Another great invention that transformed our society was the first computer, which was developed in 1946. The ENIAC was one of the first computers that ever used in the United States. Although we didn’t know what it was or what it did, it was a great step towards advancements in technology. The ENIAC was announced in 1946, and its purpose was to “calculate artillery firing tables for the U.S. Army’s ballistic research laboratory,” states Wikipedia. Later, more computers were introduced and started changing and more people that were not involved in government started to use them. The development of Apple’s Mac, Dell, Sony, and Phillips were some of the
No Matter where we turn in the world, technology has become a part of our daily lives. We can find technology in businesses, hospitals, schools, communities and pretty much everywhere we turn. Some argue that we are too dependent on technology and as a result we have become isolated rather than more sociable; an example would be our newest generation of children that spend countless hours playing by themselves video games, computer games or sitting in front of a TV for hours. These children rarely interact with others, except through technology. Yet, we also see the benefits such as how technology has brought us closer to each other through webcams, cell phones, and more real-time communication tools. We will review the pros and cons of technology from the beginning of computers until today and why it is a good thing that technology exist, why were better with it then without it. There are many ways that technology has advanced and helped us. The first thing that I can think of is the car that was developed in 1672, of course it didn’t look like the average car that we know today, but that single invention transformed our ability to travel distances. It impacted how we were able to expand cities and even transformed factories through the assembly line process. Another great invention that transformed our society was the first computer, which was developed in 1946. The ENIAC was one of the first computers that ever used in the United States. Although we didn’t know what it was or what it did, it was a great step towards advancements in technology. The ENIAC was announced in 1946, and its purpose was to “calculate artillery firing tables for the U.S. Army’s ballistic research laboratory,” states Wikipedia. Later, more computers were introduced and started changing and more people that were not involved in government started to use them. The development of Apple’s Mac, Dell, Sony, and Phillips were some of the