How we cope with changing technology

The constant change in technology and how we cope with it

A flipbook by Kiraseya Preusser

“people rely on the written word … and become forgetful” – Socrates

3200 BC

… but now we can remember everything

“intellectual laziness”“weakening their minds” – Hieronimo Squarciafico

1450

… or can it be used to strengthen our minds?

“stop listening to our senses and start obeying the clock”

1462

… don’t we use time as a control to synchronize our lives?

“Are cell phones making us anti-social?”

“Fauxting – pretending to text for the sake of just avoiding other people and

conversation.”

1973

… have we ever been this connected?

“’Pancake people’ – spread wide and thin as we connect with that

vast network of information” – Richard Foreman

1989

But maybe we can treat it as a new skill to add to our repertoire or as new tool to aid us

Alone …

… or together?

So when asked these questions, like: Does Google make us stupid?

Or: Does Facebook make us lonely?

Shouldn’t we see Google as a tool?

Or Facebook as our network?

Maybe the answer is in how we treat the technology. Anything can be treated as an addiction.

But if we find balance and ways to use these tools to

our advantage we can avoid the addiction

“Change can be scary, but you know what’s scarier? Allowing fear to stop you

from growing, evolving and progressing.” – Many Hale

• http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/19/kindle-ipad-internet-technology-cio-network-media.html

• http://www.thespec.com/community-story/4228591-technology-is-making-us-anti-social/

• http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/Thank you flickr for all the images

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