Buy term paper Technological progress

I think that today people are relying too much on the internet as a way to live, because some people cannot imagine their life without a computer. Some people already cannot imagine their work without internet, others cannot imagine their studying without a computer and some people, especially children and adolescents do not want to give up the involvement in the social networks and online games. Some people are fond of listening to music, watching films and downloading pictures. The possibilities of internet are so broad that almost each person can find something interesting and indispensable for himself. As a fact, today’s obsession with technology is very high, as all these new gadgets and opportunities are interesting for people and they want to try all of them. Today, people are curious and want to know the latest inventions.
As described by Guillermo Gomez-Pena in “The Virtual Barrio @ the Other Frontier”, “[Mexicans] are simple people. They are happy with the little they got… They are not ambitious and complex like us. They don’t need all this technology to communicate. Sometimes I just feel like going down there and living among them.” (p. 555). It shows that people can live without technology, having other interests, probably more interesting than the online world. The writing also has changed; some people tell that for the better, others say that for the worse. The writing online today represents blogging, micro blogging, online journalism and different updates of the news on the websites.
Technology has definitely changed humanity, as nowadays people devote a lot of time to the online way of life, exploring it, reading, watching, listening and communicating. Some people can balance and live in harmony with the technologies, but some people become addicted to the technologies, to the computer especially. They create their own virtual world of online friends, of the websites to visit, of the places to spend time, of the games to play, of the videos to download… People no more want to share their thoughts, their dreams or ideas with their friends in offline, instead they choose the options to write about all that in their blogs and micro blogs.

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Communication offline has become something challenging especially for adolescents these day, as it is much easier to respond or to give ideas when a person is at home and he does not fear to see the reaction of another person who will read his message. The more people get involved in the virtual world, the more challenging it is to get out of there.
But, anyway, technology is a very useful tool for today’s life, business entertainment. People can save millions of dollars if they have Skype for example. Technologies have their advantages and obvious benefits for the humanity if the progress is used for the good. The thing is that it is important to know how to balance offline and online life. The control of the time spent online can help people plan their life effectively and take advantage of the newest technologies, to earn money with the help of them and to find useful programs and resources to obtain the new knowledge that will benefit a person’s life in the future. Managing personal time and having clear goals will determine the way a person has chosen and the policy of communication he believes in.
All in all, the important thing is to have a balance in life to be able to use the newest technologies, to depict useful points and information. Studying and working has become easier and there are a lot of opportunities for entertainment, communication, games, watching movies, listening to music and reading international newspapers/journals. There are many things to choose in the online world and people can take advantage of that.

 
Works cited

Andrew Sullivan “Why I Blog”. 2008. Web. 17 October 2010.
Clive Thompson “I’m so Totally, Digitally Close to You: The Brave New World of Digital Intimacy”.
Guillermo Gomez-Pena “The Virtual Barrio @ the Other Frontier,” in Clicking in: Hot links to a Digital Culture, ed. Lynn Hershman Leeson (Seattle: Bay Press, 1996).