After all of this thinking about technology and how it has already started to "dehumanize" our society, I have wondered if maybe I could defend the other side of the situation. Maybe all of this technology is helping us, not hurting us. When I think about cell phones I do agree that they have made us quite rude. But only rude when you answer it at the wrong time, like for instance at a restaurant with someone else. On the otherhand, I feel that my cell phone has made me closer with many people in my life. I am a very family oriented girl and I could not imagine coming away to college without my cell phone to keep in contact with my family. I talk to my parents at least once a day, my sisters a few times a week, and both sets of my grandparents at least once a week. Now in my mind those are all forms of wonderful communication that I cannot imagine living without. When I am home I of course prefer seeing all of these important people face to face and spending quality time with them, but when I am away my cell phone keeps me in touch with the people I love.
As for instant messaging, I talk to my dad and my sister every day between my classes. I usually won't speak to my dad on the phone because he is very busy at work, but instant messaging allows us to send notes back and forth to one another and gives me time every day to at least say, "I love you!" and, "Have a good day." If it weren't for instant messaging I would feel a lot more distant from my family.
With facebook and myspace I do not feel like I am losing "human touch" with people but instead that I am gaining a new way to stay in touch with people. I am constantly posting on my friends walls and I love looking at their pictures and feeling like I am some way involved in their lives while I am away at college. I love being able to hear about my friends' "college friends" and being able to stay in touch with my friends. I find that these technologies have made our friendships more personal and have made my access to others much easier.
In these few ways, I have to take technology's side and say, "Thank you" for making my life easier and for bringing wonderful forms of communication into our world!
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I agree that technology is not dehumanizing us as much as some people think. Take into account the internet and all the information it provides. It allows people to access many things, such as great works of literature or art that they would be hard pressed to find otherwise. Technology has also allowed people to be creative in ways that were not possible before such as in building designs, digital artwork, and even making their own flash movies. While technology may be dehumanizing some things, it's opening new doors in others.
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