Behavioral Driven Technology Puppets

     I can’t think of where we’d be today without the different forms of technology we rely on. I do think life would be easier. I was one of the last one of my friends to have a home PC, cell phone, and a laptop. I still do not have any social media attached to my name. Part of my reason is technology drives us. We become puppets through the habits it teaches us.

     I could not think of an example where technology drove my thinking, but I can think of examples where technology influenced my behavior. Yesterday I was typing a paper for work and when I got to the end of my sentence I double tapped the space-bar, as you would on a cell phone, to put a period at the end of my sentence. There are others as well. I live by the spell checker on both my computer and phone, I don’t remember any phone numbers by heart anymore, and just yesterday I typed “u” instead of “you” in a work document. These are all habits directly resulting from technology usage and it has become the norm.

     While technology can and does make our life easier, it will drive our thoughts, words, and deeds. It does make us think less for ourselves and by that make us a dumber society. We must continue to try to keep our minds sharp through sources other than technology and not rely on it wholly.