The end of the world... or a new beginning?

Technology has slowly, but surely inched its' way into our world. Along time ago, the most recent form of technology was the paper and pencil. Obviously, technology has come along way. But just because technology has helped us in some ways does not necessarily mean it is a good thing. 

Technology enhances our community by allowing people to keep in touch, even though their days are busy and never-ending. Asking my mom on the subject, she told me that before computers were really used and before email, it as hard for her to keep in touch with her college friends and her friends from high school because of how busy her days were. She worked all day then cooked dinner for her family at night and then went to bed. Now, because of email, it is a fast and conveinent way to keep in touch with the people that are important to your life. You do not have to step outside to call them, you can do it while at work or at home while you are busy doing other things. Cell phones are great for our community too because they make great rescue devices. If someone was to get in a car accident, if capable, they could call 911 immedialtely. Those are the two main pieces of technology that are excellent for our community, but there is much more.

On the reverse side of things, there are several factors about technology that can threaten our community. Now that individuals have access to email, facebook, myspace, and all those types of websites, it can get pretty dangerous. A lot of people put a lot of their personal information on the internet and that can be a perfect tool for murderers and robbers. People are putting where they live, their cell phone number, and a lot more personal information on there. If they are not careful, the wrong person can get a hold of that information. Also, kids that have cell phones are not getting the proper amount of sleep when they constatnly text and get phone calls during the night. Before cell phones, land line phones were the only way of contacting someone you wanted to talk to. In order to do that, you take the chance of waking up everyone in the house. Now that cell phones exist, people do not have a problem calling or texting someone in the middle of the night because they know only the owner of that cell phone will hear it. People can also lose their personal communication skills by texting and typing all the time. Barely anything is face to face anymore, it is all through a screen. 

Having belief and doubt on a topic is a good thing because it helps not to be so biased on a topic. Belief in a topic is seeing the positive things in the particular subject and agreeing with whatever is being discussed or argued over. Doubt is not believing in the topic and trying to find ways to prove it wrong. Having an open mind with your topic by having some belief and doubt will help get you a realistic conclusion. Belief is not always positive because sometimes when people believe in the wrong thing, it can result in misinformation. Doubt is not always negative either because it is good to not believe in something that is not true. Sometimes people just always go with the flow and go along with what everyone else thinks and that is not good. Individuality is a good thing, and having doubt in something, even if you are wrong, can show people that you are questioning things because you care and you are interested in learning. For example: when my friends were talking about Obama and how he was going to be a horrible president, I almost just agreed with them because they were so confident, but then I really stopped to think about it. I had been keeping up with Obama and I thought he could make a decent president, so I said something. My friends were shocked that I said something that all of them agreed with, but in the end they respected me for doubting their confidence.