Thoughts on Technology

Technology is an increasing object in todays society, in quantity and quality. Our technology keeps advancing daily and keeps growing more and more. I once read an article saying that "at the rate that our technology is advancing, by the year 2020, most of society will be ran by computer like technology." It is amazing that our society can keep advancing technology that much and be that dependent on it.

30 years ago, technology had just started to peak. New forms of music, new recording equipment, the first couple computers and video game consoles had been released. The only problem with the technology back then, was the development of space. Back in the 1980's, a couple gigabytes of space went for a ton of money. But now a days, you can go get a 2 Terabyte Hard Drive for $150-$200. So one way to look at the development of technology, is that the more it develops the cheaper it becomes.

Technology has also became a huge part of our schooling. In most countries (especially North America and Asia), schooling has became very dependent on technology. In most classrooms across america, schools will spend thousands of dollars on equipment just to make sure that the class can function properly. Some technical centers for schools also spend thousands of dollars because they will have specialty classes, for example, at my school (Elkins High School) we have a technical center (Randolph Technical Center) and we have a number of computer courses, but the one class that I am in down here uses Mac Computers which are a couple thousand dollars in itself plus the software that we learn to use which is another couple hundred dollars, so in just this one class, we spend more than an average family probably would in a year.

Technology has advanced so much that our society today has became so dependent on in that it is almost used everywhere. I for one love technology, but I do think that it is a bit pathetic that we have became this ignorant to everything else. Technology is one of the best parts of times today.