The ultimate modern gift I received from my parents during my youth was an electronic typewriter. For years that machine “saved my life”. I can not even count how many projects I typed on that efficient typewriter….until the moment that my ultimate gift became so obsolete, that I urgently had to buy my first computer…which ended up getting outdated pretty quickly. Then my husband gave me a laptop…which became too slow if compared to whatever was available out there. And guess what? We’re getting a second laptop this week.
Reflecting on this short journey of typewriter, PC’s, and laptops reinforced in my mind how dependent we are of technologies. It is almost impossible not to rely on some kind of technology nowadays, and those who reject to learn and use them will become socially excluded somehow.
Few days ago I was talking to a friend of mine – by email, of course, and she was proud of sharing that her grandmother had just purchased her first laptop. With my mouth opened I heard that her 89 year-old-grandma is now sending emails to the whole family, displaying her pictures and information on Facebook & Orkut, etc. And my friend told me not to be surprised when I receive Mrs. Ambar’s first message, because my electronic address was already on her address list. I should not, but I was astonished! Chapter 12 of textbook says that “technology is often seen as synonymous with change”. Who is going to deny it?
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"It is almost impossible not to rely on some kind of technology nowadays, and those who reject to learn and use them will become socially excluded somehow."
My good friend in Hawaii is a simple man. He is a commercial diver and his wife works as a maid in one of the Waikiki hotels. They have no use for computers and are very happy to live without one. Unfortunately, they have a daughter in the 8th grade. One day my friend called asking desperately for help in buying and setting up a new computer. His daughter had come back home from school in tears because she found that she literally was the only one in her class whose family didn't own a computer.
As you mentioned, technology is almost exclusionary. If you don't own a computer, people wonder what's wrong with you. Admit you don't own a cellphone and you'll get a range of inquisitive and confused looks. Technology is integrated with society and inescapable.
BTW, my grandma absolutely refuses to learn how to use the computer. :(
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