“How reliant are we on our technology? We use calendars to set and remind us of appointments of all kinds; we use word processing programs of all sorts to prepare documents, reports, PowerPoints, etc.; we use an almost endless menu of apps and programs that influences and controls almost every aspect of our lives.”
Just a thought, are we reliant on technology because we do these things? Before computer technology, I kept a paper diary so I didn’t miss appointments. We used paper and open to prepare reports etc before we have word and powerpoint. So we haven’t changed our behaviours, just the tools we use to carry them out.
If we were reliant on the technology, would we just stop doing these things if we didn’t have access to tech or would we just do things a different way, using different, non-digital tools?
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>If we were reliant on the technology, would we just stop doing these things if we didn’t have access to tech or would we just do things a different way, using different, non-digital tools?
I think the latter. I guess we need to remember that the sharpened stick, the plough, the printing press and so on were the cutting-edge technologies of their day and they were the catalyst for equally seismic cultural shifts. One thing we can be reasonably sure about is that that we’ll be doing it all differently at some point in the future and we’ll be looking back on the way we do things now with equally fond memories / bemusement depending on your view point. Oh and some people will still be using a paper calendar.
Completely true Nigel, folk will be reminiscing about how the current technology hasn’t ruined society and things were much better when we used social media and smart phones 🙂