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Jeffrey Morale Rosa

Technology has changed significantly overtime and has changed the way that we communicate with one another. Before people depend prominently on letters or face-to-face communication, now e-mail let people connect almost instantaneously and cell-phones allow people to contact one another anytime, anywhere. 

If we look back the years, the difference in technology is simply outstanding, from a flip phone to a touch phone, from a dial-up connection to wireless connection and even using a smartphone as a hot spot to use wireless internet. To this day I remember having to walk around the house letting everyone in the family know that I was going to use the internet for whatever reason, so that they would know that the phone would be out of use for a certain time period. The technological imperative, technological progress that is presented as unstoppable, is mind-blowing to say the least and it is ever changing at great haste; all the technology advances like cell phones, laptops, cars, etc have made everyday task so much simpler. Information is a search away, what used to be hour long journeys are now minutes of driving and it also connected families that have, for any kind reason been separated at one point or another. But at the same time the development of technology has been so rapid that some technology has become old or obsolete. Obsolete technology is outdated technology, like the cd players or flip phones. And society, I personally, do not want to stay behind when it comes to technology. Nobody wants to be behind in technology, which is why there is a new launch or a new update showing new technological advances.

Working in childcare this past summer has showed me not only how far technology has come, but how this generation is different from my own. I had the pleasure of working with children this past summer and can vividly remember one story about technology that still makes me laugh to this day. One of the little girls in my group came in this summer excited to show off the new bracelet she had got on vacation to our group. As she was telling me about it she smiled and said “do you know what kind of material it is made of?”  The bracelet she was wearing was made of an old telephone cord, of course I knew what it was but she on the other hand was very surprised. It made me remember a time in my own home where our phone cord was long enough to stretch around our entire first floor. This is such a reminder of how technology has come over time, as well as how it has become obsolete and that this generation will never know what it means to not be wireless. There are some advantages that come with technology being so advance, like distance is obsolete, but there are some disadvantages to it as well, like the internet is not censored and kids are exposed to the reality of the world.