What are some of the key advantages and disadvantages of portability in technology use?
Technology has come an extremely long way since it’s early days and that is no shock to anyone. Early computers could fill up a room with all of their components but today there is more power in some people’s watches than those behemoths. Everyone craves technology and instant answers and the key to these desires is portability. This idea started with Apple’s first home desktop in 1976 and has only progressed from there. First they put technology in people’s homes, then pockets, then wrists, then glasses, then vehicles. Today, technology is everywhere. Fast food restaurants, banks, and so many more have interactive services deleting the need for human interaction. Portable technology is everywhere nowadays and for good reason. Efficiency and ease are very attractive in today’s society. Many of these new technologies offer near instant answers and information about almost anything. Translating between languages has never been easier and pocket dictionaries are a thing of the past. Maps and any other information-containing things are virtually obsolete.
The scary thing about all of this technology, while, make no mistake, it is all great, is that it is everywhere. And that’s not an exaggeration. Our entire society relies so heavily on technology while many people don’t realize that all it takes is one little change in the universe to ruin it all. One solar flare or one disturbance in Earth’s electromagnetic field and all of the technology, of every variety, could be wiped out. Then the people of this society will be lost. While this sounds a little far out, there are not many other downsides to all of this technology. People may be a little less resourceful but if there is no need to be, it doesn’t matter anyway.
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