Technology

Of course, even from the inception of modern technology and telecommunications, technology has been the subject of both praise and criticism from the public. Accordingly then, these views are reflected in through the media. In my view, most people would agree that technology had made enormous advancements for human society and have bought in convenience as well as well as materializing many dreams which were never imagined to be achievable by human kind. Accordingly, such as the image below, technology is seem as both the road and the light to the future. Moreover, technology is also universal. Modern benefits anyone and absolutely everyone, albeit that those who are more affluent may be able to obtain greater marginal benefits. This is reflected through the anonymity in the figures below. Reading the image, I obtain the feeling that we are moving forward into a brighter and enlightening future.

Yet, technology may also become a burden, if its supply and usage becomes excessive or even turning into its own sort of addition. In fact, there has been quite a number of popular articles in the press suggesting and discussing upon the idea of a ‘cyber’ or ‘internet connection’, where individuals are dependent upon technology to such an extent that they cannot live without even for a few minutes. The satirical carton image below shows a troubled teen who is completely surrounded by the most popular icons of modern technology. He is supposed to be the star of the future and his generation, and yet he is trapped by his dependency upon technology, and his future has become obscured and full of ‘clouds’. Personally, I can surely relate to this cartoon, for this exactly how I often feel. Trapped by Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube.

- Dee