People are always mentioning how our society is growing rapidly each day, once a new piece of technology is introduced. There's the phone, made to make long-distance communication easier, but it has made us avoid conversations with people who aren't so far away. There's the internet, giving birth to myspace and facebook and other social networking websites. However, those have just pushed us away from communicating with individuals face-to-face, as well. Why start a meaningful conversation in person when you can just go on your smart phone and post a youtube video on that person's wall to express your feelings?
Recently, in English class, we read an article entitled "The Future of Creativity" by Jeannine Ouellette. The article mentioned how, due to technologic advancements, we are no longer creative and lack a sense of imagination. When there were no computers or television, children voluntarily played outside with other children, inventing their own games and expressing their sense of imagination. Contemporary times portray that as "boring" and inferior to playing a bowling game on the Wii or staying on the couch, watching a movie marathon. We've been brainwashed into having entertainment and technology do all the thinking and imagining for us.
Instead of consuming ourselves in all this technology, we must take a step backwards and put ourselves in the mindset of children, allowing our naturally creative minds to let us grow.
That book that you read sounded really interesting..the idea of it is really insightful. I believe the same thing and that we really should limit the amount of technology we use in our daily lives.
ReplyDeleteCool article. I'll look for it online. Thanks for sharing.
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