Technology

Technology and media has provided many wonderful things to the new generations in this world. Have you ever heard the saying “too much of a good thing is bad?” I believe that this is becoming more and more true with technology. These days young adults are so glued to a screen, they miss out on lots of real world events. On top of that, your devices listen to you way more than you could ever think. People with a good understanding of what technology does, understand that it is only as bad for you as you want it to be. Nowadays we cannot let technology get too far into our heads.

Phones listen in to what you say while on apps and process that information and later turn it into ads on social media apps. This really makes a person think about what our phones are really listening in for, maybe there is a higher power, which takes all this information to sort it out and find what they want. One more reason that is not so bad could be something takes all of these words and process them to see what the people want in order to make a better society. Does not matter which one you believe, you should be careful what you say while using apps on any device.

Young adults spend many hours of the day on their phone, whether it is for gaming, social media, work, or just because they are bored. A very good example of this would be, I was at the state wrestling tournament this past weekend. As I sat down to watch the semi finals, which are a huge part of the tournament, I noticed a couple teenagers sitting by me that were on their phone the whole time (about five hours). It is not very cheap to get in, they missed lots of excitement throughout those five hours, just because of phones. I hope that is not becoming the new norm of sporting events.  

In the upcoming years technology will only get more advanced and be more available in many forms to many more people. The years will go by and people will struggle to connect with reality, it will become easier to stay on devices for longer periods of time. Who knows if it will make society better or worse, again it will be very vital to monitor your time on social media and have the understanding on which times it’s acceptable to be on your device or not. I believe as people get older they will know the good and bad things of the new technology.