@chrisdtc101
To comply with the class assignment, I decided to go without technology last Saturday afternoon. For roughly four hours I went without my computer, my smartphone, the Internet, and even television. The most obvious thing that I walked away with was that it’s hard to keep in contact with people without texting or the Internet. With the Internet, I could see what my friends were doing through Facebook and interact with them, and if I wanted to talk someone all I had to do was pick up my phone and text them. Without this technology, if I wanted to talk to someone I had to either find them in the physical world, or call them and hope that they would answer their phone.
During this afternoon, I was also unable to do any homework other than reading a book for my English class. The rest of my homework assignments were either posted online through Angel, or were essays that required research on the Internet. Luckily I was able to finish all my homework on Sunday and my grades did not suffer because of this assignment.
It was surprising how much we depend on technology in order to communicate with each other and do basic things such as homework. While I was able to do alright without it for a few hours, I don’t think I could pass college classes or communicate with many people very well if I gave this technology up permanently. Our dependence on technology has been steadily rising over the past several years, and we’re getting to the point where society cannot function without it. If this increasing dependence continues to rise, where will we be in the next couple decades?