Smartphone addiction

Do you feel you are over-reliant on your phone? Do you sometimes feel it vibrating when it really isn't? Do you calculate 13x4 on your phone? Do you remember anyone's phone number that in case you lost your phone you could call? My point is that we are using our smartphones the wrong way and there are ways we can improve our intelligence and not just our phone's by simply using it right. Try removing all the notifications you don't need. Those are just distractions. We use phones these days more for texting than calling. Did you know that texting is more dangerous than driving drunk? We already have too many sources of distractions in modern cars. Keeping those distractions to a minimum will help us drive more safely. A smarter way to use a smartphone would be to use voice commands to check directions or even send text messages. Use Siri on newer iPhones. If you use Andoroid, you got a lot of options. So start being smarter about your smartphones people. Remember, technology is awesome, but it’s often addictive.

Technology: Good or Bad?

Technology like most other human inventions has a negative and a positive side. I agree with Neil Postman in that both sides of the affect have to be questioned. But I also believe that the negative effects are the consequences of the actions of those few people who choose to do so. We cannot blame just the technology in this matter because it’s the conscience of the humans who try to harm the society that is to blame. Recently people have been talking about privacy and piracy issues brought by the evolving internet. But we cannot just forget about the benefits we are receiving from the internet and merely focus on the negative side to deem it bad for society. The benefits we have received from the development of internet are far more than negative things brought by it. In conclusion, it is human action that is defining advantage or disadvantage of new technology. We should check our behavior rather than complain about technology.