Could I live without Digital and Communication Technologies?
Today’s generation as become so dependent on the new technologies that surround us in the digital world. I say, ‘today’s generation’ but realistically it pretty much means all of us. Having to the bite the bullet and move with the flow I for one need many lessons on downloading, creating, bluetoothing, wi-fing (is that even a word) and everything digital to understand how to cope in this world today. One wonders how did we survive without the mobile phone, from originally being a phone to use whilst one is mobile it is now a whole complete office experience in one. You name it the phones in this current decade can do just about everything.
After reading an article “Can we live without digital technology?” My response was similarly at one with the writer. Everything he mentioned I could totally relate. In the article he attempted a two day digital free challenge — meaning no access to anything whatsoever that requires modern day digital usage and to switch back to everything analog. As I was reading the article my initial thoughts were “I think I should give this a go” and then as I continued to write this blog a FB message pops up on the computer, then a ding from my iPhone tells me I have a new Instagram notification, next a beep from my phone as a reminder to pay a bill via b-pay on the bank app to then a ringtone suggesting theres a video call from my grandchildren who are wanting to FaceTime me coming through. Just with a quick few presses on the iPhone touch screen I am able to quickly read the FB message on the home computer, then scroll on to instagram to see what or who is notifying me to paying the bill on bpay and finally then eventually tuning into see my two grand babies waving at me and screaming and laughing whilst they live miles away…. All this done in less than 5 minutes!!! WOW! Yes a big WOW for me, who would’ve thought I was capable of doing all that in a matter of minutes, surely this would’ve taken me at least a whole day to do all of that!
Aaah the world of digital and communication technologies… I’ll be first to put my hand up and admit no I could not live without these technologies in 2018 but yes I have lived that stone age life of snail mail and am now very appreciative that this new digital and communication technology has made my life so much easier.
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