Digitized lives

Technology is advancing rapidly, and it without a doubt has affected society. A lot of people are becoming dependent on it, when in reality it should be a tool rather than a central force. There are certain things that people want technology to take over, but it shouldn't. For example, my dad works for a large business and  he has to go on business trips all the time. I asked him why he can't just do a video conference rather than fly across the country for a couple of days. He made a good point in saying that technology is only so reliable, it will never be able to compete with in-person human interaction. Technology will never be able to compete with certain things, but there are people that want it to. This is why technology is becoming a "culture" in itself. Culture's can vary in size but the "digital culture" is becoming massive. This book discusses how there are million's of pages being uploaded to the internet every minute, or even second. The amount of information on the internet would be impossible for a single person to grasp. It is impossible for a human's capacity to intake all of this. The roots of the word technology come from the Greek language and it means, "practical things that extend our human capacity." Technology should be an aid in advancing our knowledge, rather than being our knowledge.