Although we created it, we did not exactly design it. It evolved. Our relationship to it is similar to our relationship to our biological ecosystem. We are codependent and not entirely in control…We are now all connected, humans and machines. Welcome to the dawn of the Entanglement.” (W. Daniel Hillis 251)
This quote resonates with me because of how much technology is changing and evolving and how we just sort of adapted to this certain kind of lifestyle.
I remember back then when technology wasn’t that evolved and my family and I would actually be in the living room watching a movie we rented from blockbuster or playing outside in the backyard. There were fewer screens back then and it seemed like there was a lot more family time where we would go and do something we thought that was fun. Looking back on it, it seemed like when technology wasn’t so big there were a lot more human interactions
Moving to a recent memory back during summer vacation I can see how technology has evolved because there was so little time we would spend time doing things as a family because of how glued everyone was to their screens. Phones, game consoles, TVs, etc have come a long way and we have adapted to our new society of tech. From looking at memories of the past and comparing them to today I can see how the events of talking to someone face to face has slowly started to diminish. We still have some times where we do fun things and have a good time hanging out with each other, but it is not as much as it was back then.
Looking at the past and the present it is clear that the internet has changed gradually. It is now dispensing so much information that it is hard to keep track of it because I can search up almost anything these days and I will find a result. The internet’s growth has no sign of stopping because of how much information is being put into it. When it comes to how the internet affected my lifestyle, I can say that I rely on the internet a little too much because when I can’t remember something off the top of my head there is always the web that has my back. We have just been using technology for quite a long time now and we have come to fully rely on it to guide us in our daily lives.
Part 2:
The Joy of Just-Enoughness
Judith Rich Harris
“The Internet dispenses information the way a ketchup bottle dispenses ketchup. At first, there was too little; now there is too much.”
I Have Outsourced My Memory
Charles Seife
“The Internet turned an occasional habit into my primary way of storing knowledge. As the Web grew, my browsers began to bloat with bookmarked Websites, with sites that stored information that I deemed important but didn’t feel obliged to commit to memory.”
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