Technology Influence in the World

Technology has changed the way we live in today’s society, not just through school and work but it changes the way we do everything in life. We now have the ability to look anything we want up in seconds with our phones or computers. As time keeps passing we will see technology will keep changing. We have gone from not having any type of social media to MySpace then Facebook and now Twitter. As time keeps changing we will have newer types of social media. The way we also hear and find out about different things that are happing in the world are changing instantly because we now have news that we can pull up on phones, computers, and almost any electronic device.

News has been one of the most tremendous things that have changed over the recent years. Before to know it something happened you would have to pick up a news paper and read what it said but it would only be the news from the day before because papers could not be printed that quickly. Technology has also affected the way people invest because with technology we can see things as they are happening in the world. This has helped people invest their money quickly and can help people make money and lose money because they have the ability to trade on the stock market with a click of a button. People no longer need to make a phone call and hope that somebody answers the phone to make a stock trade.

Before when you were lucky if you had a cell phone because of how much the cost and with how rare they were. Now if you do not have a phone by the time you are fifteen years old you are considered strange. My younger brother was considered cool when he got his first phone because he had it when he was in the fourth grade even though the only person he had to call was my mother and father. As technology keeps changing people want to keep up with it so they do not get left behind. As John told us in class two of his friends who are married will sit on opposite sides of the couch and text each other because they are not used to talking. We now have the ability to send a text to someone and they will receive it instantly and can respond faster than talking to somebody. Yet we have lost that personal touch that you get from actually talking to somebody face to face.

We have grown as a people even beyond using the post office more letters and information are sent through emails more than anything. Even now banks are sending statements through emails and making the available for you online. Some credit card companies are even charging people if they want paper statement sent to their house because they can email for free but have to pay for postage and processing.

You also do not notice some things in technology that have changed but if you look at any store now you can pay with a credit card. Technology has given us the ability to get what we want now and pay for it later. People do not notice it but just with a swipe of a card that store has just communicated with