The Pro of Technology

I recently read in the Huntington post about technology has advanced in a lot of good ways. The main purpose of technology is to make our lives easier and for it to be continuing to advance. There was an event called the Women's Forum in France which covered the influence of new technologies on our daily life in multiple sessions. One thing that I got from this article was that through technology and social media, people can be contacted in an instinct and at any time of the day. ""Social media removes all distances: geographic social, hierarchical. You can reach anyone, at any time, and communicate in real time. Thus, a permanent link of communication has been created," said Julien Maldonate, a senior manager at Deloitte" (Beliak, J).

In another session, they discussed a drawback. I analyzed how new technologies cause stress and suffering, because of the concept referred to as "Infobesity." Infobesity meaning the relentless feast of online information, typically through search engines. On of the founders and CEO's of The Social Bureau argues that the more technology is becoming more advances the more obsessed we become of wanting to control it. "People are trying to live 10 lives at once and a lot of stress and anxiety occurs from that. The two speakers even argue that we are suffering from digital bulimia, meaning that we take in a lot of information at once, without really processing it for ourselves, and in turn create a lot of new information" (Beliak, J). Said best by Christophe Aguiton, "We are at the same time creators and victims of information overload."

There are a few more benefits with technology steadily increasing. Saving money and time are two. A couple times, when I;m around, I notice my dad going on conference calls with managers and his other co-workers as well. This is one of the ways technology as been very efficient. Trying to gather everyone into the same place and time for meetings requires the time to plan ahead. "Technology limits the need for people to be in the same physical location, for example when companies hold a teleconference with several employees located in different branches or when they allow employees to telecommute from home. In some cases, this can save companies money because they do not have to pay travel expenses" (Joseph, C). Also technology can use less time to do several tasks over a period of time. "Instead of sending a message by postal mail, using email or fax can deliver it instantaneously. Technology can also speed up various manufacturing processes, as machines and computers can do work that was once performed by humans more quickly and efficiently" (Joseph, C). Technology an have  positive and negative impacts on the world, its the way we use it and how it affects us are ways that can bring change.

Beliak, J. (2013, October 21). Is Technology Making Our Lives Easier... Or Just Adding More Stress? Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved November 16, 2014 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julia-beliak/womens-forum-2013_b_4138876.html

Joseph, C. N.D. Pros & Cons of Technology in Business Today. Smallbusiness.chron.com. Retrieved November 16, 2014 from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/pros-cons-technology-business-today-2709.html