Wednesday, February 20, 2013

"Digital Life" Response


Along with the development of time, digital technology has eventually become one of the most significant parts of modern life. Just as the video “digital life” indicated, “digital life has changed who we are”. Personally, I am in total agreement with this viewpoint. Therefore, a question arises. What is the difference between the old days without digital technology, and situations nowadays where people cannot access digital technology, the internet in particular? From my perspective, most people are frustrated or mad when they can’t access any mobile devices or forms of information technology. For instance, when my laptop was frozen or my internet was down, I felt that it was the end of my life. I couldn't do anything except wait for it to be fixed. Nonetheless, there are also some merits of digital technology, such as learning new information, talking to people anywhere, paying bills online…etc. Nevertheless, back to the 1700s and 1800s, when there was no such thing called the internet, what happened to those people? They were playing games, singing songs, and reading books. However, they were doing these activities in person, while we need to face a screen. Similarly to what the song Video Killed Radio Star told us, in the 1970s TVs or videos replaced the radio. In modern times, humans are dependent on something that we never had before, digital technology or internet in general. 



1 comment:

  1. First off, the content itself is interesting as how you connected the video to yourself.One thing I would like to see change is your grammar and the usage of "etc.". Using etc. in writing usually signifies that the writer is too lazy to include everything they want to say and leave it to the readers to imagine what they want. Also, I like how you used a picture to support what you said in your response above.

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