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Welcome to my life.

I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation

Technology has changed the way humans live. It has become such a huge part of our lives and our society today. We rely on computers to communicate, do research, work, listen to music, and many more things. So what would I be like if I had never had contact with a computer? I’d say I would be pretty different. One aspect that makes me who I am is all of the music I have. I discover bands and music that hardly anyone has ever heard of. If I had never had a computer I don’t think I would know about nearly as many bands and songs as I do. Another reason I would be a totally different person had I not had a computer is photography. I love taking pictures. But what makes pictures even more fun is putting them on the computer and editing them. So clearly without a computer I would have never to be able to do that. So maybe I wouldn’t enjoy photography, as much had I never been introduced to a computer.

I think the human experience really is changing because of computers and technology and I think it is for both the better and the worse. Computers allow you to do so many things especially in regards to communication. I mean think about how fast you can get in touch with someone with out actually picking up the phone and calling them. You can send them an email, Facebook them, instant message them, or even video chat. This allows for people to keep in touch a lot easier than with just the telephone. It also allows for information to be produced and displayed quicker for people. But it has also opened up a whole new realm of problems too. I mean pretty soon people aren’t going to know how to pick up the phone and have a normal conversation with someone because all they do is email. Or what about all of the cyber bullying that goes on in schools now because kids send threatening messages to others. That was never an issue until this generation.

So I think the computer and new technology has its pros and cons. The human experience is being influenced by technology and in some ways its beneficial and other ways not so much. In all honesty I think it is just a characteristic that makes our generation different from others. All generations have certain elements that make them unlike others. I think ours differs because of technology and computers.