Technologys affect on society.

Every year technology is growing and every year we are developing a closer relationship to it. Sometimes this aspect frightens me.

Society is becoming so heavily affected by technology it is hard not to imagine a future dominated by it. People are already being defined as ‘cyborgs’. Firstly I rejected this, But after careful consideration I finder it truer than I would like. Society is now so dependent on certain devices, to live without the internet or a cell phone would be a struggle. These technologies have become extensions of ourselves - they are now natural. Personally, I like to think I could survive without a phone but in all honesty it would just be a huge inconvenience.

Our days are dictated by the forces of technology. Habit controls our attachment to it. I wake up and my mobile is the first thing I check. Laptops and social networking sites are so much a part of our lives, there seems to be a decreasing option to go without.

It is very noticeable catching the train every morning how attached to technologies we are. It is no longer heard of to just spark up a conversation with a stranger sitting next to you - it is almost annoying if someone does. Instead we whip out our phones, iPods or laptops and remove ourselves from society. We immerse ourselves in our own world.

I find this aspect sad. Although we are socialising in other ways, i hope we are not becoming insociable at the same time. I love technology but cyborg seems so extreme.
I think being less reliant on technology would be liberating. But the necessity is also increasing. Making it harder and harder to do so. I guess we cannot turn back now?