While it is hard for me to argue against the benefits of technology (after all, it plays a major role in my life), it does contain elements that hinder daily life. We have become so reliant on technology to construct our daily lives that this reliance can pose a major problem when we find ourselves in a situation without access to our technological devices (Power cuts often leave me restless with nothing to do).

As an individual who welcomes and is fascinated by new types of technologies, I find myself somewhat sceptical about the advent of certain technologies and its features. Certain technological advances leave me questioning the importance and benefits it is suppose to contribute to everyday life. For example one of the functions of the Apple iPad is said to replace the use of reading a book in its hard copy, but for many people reading a book is to get away from this technological based world. Although people seem to purchase the iPad, I still find myself wondering about the benefits of it. This development of a device that takes away a route of escape from the technological world, exemplifies how technology continues to be developed in order to evade all aspects of our life.

Despite this and our high dependence on technology itself, it appears that technology does better my life and society in many ways (allowing the communication to keep in touch with long distance friends in ways that make it seem like they are not so far away). It is because of this and more, that I would classify myself as a techno-realist.

So while technology has been developed to remedy ills, enhance our living and advance society into new realms, this same technology can have so called benefits that further encourages our reliance on technological devices and can be seen as causing problems of its own (i.e.: the issue privacy and security, or perhaps even the up rise of robots taking over our world and causing an apocalypse).