According to Kelly (2010) We don’t have to do everything that the technium demands, but we can learn to work with this force rather than against it. And to do that successfully, we first need to understand technology’s behavior. In order to decide how to respond to technology, we have to figure out what technology wants
Technology is growing at a rapid rate. It is constantly being developed, altered, and improved upon. It seems like more and more, technology is changing almost on a daily basis.
According to Kelly (2010) Most change in the past cyclical: A forest was cleared for a field and then a farm was abandoned; an army came and then an army left. Droughts followed floods, and one king, either good or evil, succeeded another. For most humans, for most of the time, real change was rarely experienced. What little change did happen occurred over centuries.
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That doesn’t really follow suit with how technology is being developed. For example, companies like Samsung and Apple are releasing new phones before their old models are even out of the packages. Xbox and Playstation are coming up with new systems regularly, making systems that have only been out a year or two obsolete. Ways to make our graphics better, our gaming experiences more rewarding, and our calling more efficient are constantly being discovered. Technology wants to grow, and it is.
But that still doesn’t really fit with what Kelly’s comment about humans experiencing change as a very slow process. These companies, such as Apple, think they have to come out with something bigger and better every year to appeal to the masses. Is that what humans really want though?
But that still doesn’t really fit with what Kelly’s comment about humans experiencing change as a very slow process. These companies, such as Apple, think they have to come out with something bigger and better every year to appeal to the masses. Is that what humans really want though?
While some people were excited, many reacted negatively, not understanding why Apple was releasing this as opposed to making what already exists better (for example, many complained that the Apple charging cords are fragile and the wires break easily). Technology is continuing to grow at a rapid rate, but I’m not sure that it’s necessarily because technology wants that. It’s more so because companies feel the constant need to be the best of the best and outdo each other. Instead of developing the technology we already have, and making it the best it possibly can be, new technology is constantly being released without enough testing. Apple’s new iOS comes to mind. When iOS 9 was released, many people were wary of the new operating system because Apple is notorious for releasing operating systems with a lot of bugs. This one was no difference. There was a slew of bugs and issues that needed fixed, and Apple has released a few updates to the OS, because instead of releasing it when it was ready, they cranked out a new system that was supposed to be “better.”
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