Technology Today and 1984

I would say that as a society technology has definately enslaved us. Just think about how much technology you use just to get through your day. Remember how worried everyone was about Y2K? Makes you think about just how dependant our society is on technology. We entrust everything we have to computers. With thousands of dollars worth of information stored on tiny computer chips. we get our information, entertainment from televisions, radios, and ipods. We depend so much on these technologies, that it is quite plausible to say that technology has enslaved us. Just think about where we'd be without it.

Technology has definately captured us, but at the same time liberated us. It is pushing the limits for us to go farther in science and figure more things out, from figuring out ways to cure cancer with just one vaccine or having cameras in your computer. I also agree with what everyone has been saying.

I believe that the technology has liberated us more than has captured us. We're really used to life with technology like cellphones and cars, television and it would probably be a little strange and hard to go a day without using technology, but it's possible. Technology makes life a little easier and more entertaining. However I do feel that that idea is something that has captured us. In a way, we're brainwashed into believing that we need technology to survive. Well, maybe not survive necessarily, but possibly to "better our lives".

I think that technology has captured us, but at the same time given us the feeling that it's liberated us. Every night I find myself doing my homework in front of either the television or my computer, and i never go on a trip witout my iPod. In this way we're captured. The sense of freedom comes from the fact that we can communicate with people far away, and sometimes multiple people simultaneously, we can buy almost anything without leaving the comfort of our homes (which leads to people never leaving their homes, and sitting in front of the computer).

Technology has captured us. Our generation is becoming dependent on technology. Most students can't go one day without logging online or checking their cellphones or listening to their ipods. Students need computers for papers, research, etc. Businesses need computers to do what they do. Everyday people need phones to contact each other. People watch tv everyday. However, watching tv isnt always a bad thing. Some people watch the news, and that's a good thing. So technology has definitely captures us but its not all bad.

I think it is kind of a free capture if that makes any sense. We are really under the spell of technology I don't think that anyone we really know could function without the technology that we are used to, however it has given us freedom to communicate and gain knowledge incredibly quickly. It is a good thing that we have this technology however it can really be a liabilty in the future if we become more relient on the technology.

Robinho3 wrote: We use it everyday, and if it was taken away, we would be confused but we could still get by



I agree niether. We use this edit board to talk about books, but we could do it in class, we don't need Ipods, or laptops. It makes it convienant and easy but not needed. Technology has liberated us from time wasting, but has captured us because most of our lives are influenced by technology.

Of course it has.
If it hadn't, no one would use it.
We have to have technology today.
Name one student at rowland hall that does not have an ipod, a cell phone, a lap top, or a palm pilot. If not a combination of all of them.

I agree that technology has improved life in many ways, but there has to be a limit. New technology can do wonderful things. But there's so many computers and other electronics and other devices that do everything for us. I don't want to end up sitting around bored to death with nothing to do and wonder why I let technology live my life for me. All humans need to have something to do.

I think that technology has definitely captured us because of the affect it has on everyday life. At school and at home, we have electronics in every room whether it be a computer, iPod, stereo, TV, cell phone, or even our car CD player, we always have technology at our fingertips. I think that we are drawn in by the massive amount of things that we can do with technology. For example, if you have a computer, you can listen to music, watch a movie, type a paper, make and edit a movie, take pictures, shop, and create any kind of project with different programs. There are so many benefits to technology and we find ways of taking more technology and putting into smaller gadgets. Cell phones seem to get smaller by the day and children ages 10 and up now have them. It seems so drastic and soon barbies and teddy bears will be replaced with iPods and cell phones for three year olds.
I think that people would really struggle without technology. Look at places like New York and L.A. where people have their phones literally glued to their ears and use their computers while stuck in traffic on the highway. I understand that it is moving us into the future, but we are so consumed that we are no longer living in the present.

Technology has captured us in every way possible, if there is something that we can use technology for to make it easier or entertaining, it gets made. We hardly ever use maps anymore because we have GPA systems in our cars and phones, even our cell phones are not used to their full potential, mostly teenagers for that matter hardly ever talk they just text. We have credit cards machines that turn pennies into cash, although we dont know it we are slowly losing our human contact with eachother

I think that the technology has both freed our lives to do more things in different ways and closed us in to relying on them. The "new World" has become dependent on tech. If we lost all of our technology our lives would crash, crash and burn.

It has not completely captured our lives, though we do kind of seem like we depend on our technology a lot in our lives. Instant messaging seem orwellian because It seems like things like that control our lives.

I agree with most poeple's comments. Technology has definatly helped us in several ways in terms of comunicating and finding cures. Though, people tend to abuse the power of thechnology and we end up with hackers and spamers and more serious things. Then, we get so advance in technology that the question of morals gets brought up and adds yet another element to the problem. Overall, I think technology is a good thing, but we have to be carful how we use it and why we use it.

I think Technology has liberated us because now we can do things outside and with our friends/ family That we used to have to do in an office. It is true that we are constantly using these devices, but we arnt trapped in the office alone. So in this sense technology has set us free.

I think that technology has sort of captured us because we rely on it so much.
I read about this GPS system that is being invented that can tell you just about anything:
it'll tell you if you're driving near a grocery store that has something on sale from your shopping list.
it'll tell you when you are near a hotel within your pricerange in a new city.
on myspace, you can map your 'friends' houses and it will tell you where your friends are currently. friends can also see EXACTLy where you are.
parents can also make a 'geo-fence' for their kids so that they are alerted when their kid leaves a certian area.

Technology is supposed to connect us to the outside world and give us more information. When more and more information is being gathered, however, there is less time/energy/effort being put forth to pose questions. Eventually people will stop thinking for themselves, just being content with the thoughts that are put in their heads and think are theirs.

I believe technology has done both. Computers, for example, are a huge technology in this world but they also capture us some becasue if someone really wanted to, they could watch our every move, and see what we are up to all the time.

For the most part i think that technology has captured us. Some how it traps us in once we have started using it and makes us addicted to it. One example is myspace! I know people that spend hours at a time on that website. I used to have myspace and I couldn't go a day without looking at my profile. It was driving me insane how I couldn't go a day without getting on the computer and looking to see what people wrote to me. I deleted it and now I'm free. it's not controlling who I am and I'm really relieved.

I think that tech. has done neither. It has evolved with our society and now it creates a faster way to communicate. It does not trap us, if anything does however, it would be the ideas around tech. For example, the middle school is filled with 10 year olds with cell phones. What is a 10 year old child doing with a cell phone. I for one use my cell phn for business and also to talk to MANY people. How many people can a 6th grader know? I dont really think they are going to be going out to parties, hanging, and driving around placed where there are not any phones.

Just recently i dropped my computer, a bad one too. I was mad, but i also felt liberated, it was odd, not having any electronics felt good yet sad, since i had to pay for it, but isn't money just another way of technology controlling us?

Currently i have fixed my computer and feel different then i did when i thought it was broken for good, it felt odd, like it was good but mostly bad, the thing is, i can't stop wondering why it felt good.

In many ways, technology has liberated us. Many of us don’t know what life is like without things like computers or cell phones; they make things so simple. At the same time, however, technology has also captured us. We have become so reliant on it that when we are suddenly thrown into situations where we don’t have access to that technology (like a power outage for example), we don’t have a clue what to do.

yes, because when i talk to my friends or when I'm hanging out with them, they always have their ipod on them, and it sucks, because i don't have one. technology has almost become a necessity, and that doesn't look like a good future.

Technology has distracted us from what is really important. It has made it posible for people to exhibit controll over others and while it has made some things more conveinient it has mainly been a waste of time.

Yes, i do think that technology has captured us. But everyone relies on all of it because its our main type of communication, and we get most of our information on the internet. So you can say that it is a good thing that it has captured us, its has brought us on our way to many great things.