Final Post

In starting this blog I thought that I would cover the progression of technologies over time.  I thought that it would be interesting to see the changes that occur over time.  I looked at the progression of writing to texting to voice activated typing.  Then I looked at changes in housing developments.  As I began to examine these trends over time I realized that the changes were always to make things more efficient and easier for the consumer. 

My blog then began to examine things like Facebook's acquisition of Instagram.  In looking at this I began to think about technology giants such as Facebook and Google who simply purchase smaller independent firms that pose any threat.  In examining that I thought about how we really have limited choices in terms of what social websites we use if we want to be connected with all of our friends.  I began to think that everything is just becoming more the same and that that is something that we are ok with. 

Then I began to think about the modern consumer, who we are and what we want.  I think that in general we are very willing to give up privacy and choice in order for convenience and ease.  I think that in general we are all looking for less responsibility and less work.  We don't want to take our lives in our own hands anymore but want technology to do the job for us.  I think that we also idolize the invention of things like flying cars that only benefit 1% of the population over something like advances in medicine which could help all of us.

In listening to others' presentations and discussing topics in class, I think that we use technology as an out of undesirable tasks.  Children don't want to learn in a traditional way, well neither did we.  School and work aren't like games and they aren't always fun.  I would argue that using video games to draw people into the army is wrong.  I would say that we shouldn't make everything to meet our shorter and shorter attention spans, but try to fight them.

So in conclusion what I learned from creating this blog is that I am more interested in the way people interact with new technologies rather than the technologies themselves.  I think that it is important to think of the repercussions in creating new technologies and not let them govern aspects of our lives.