“Communication that is what we try to do, speak to those near us” as Don Clark states. Our society today is becoming less likely to speak and more inclined to type/text what they want to say to one another. Technology has allowed our innovations to evolve, but with new ideas is the loss of a simple life. Gone are the days of face to face communication, for in its place is cyberspace.
For centuries communication has been either the rise or fall of civilization. For early settlers to the new world, the ability to communicate with the natives led them to believe they were savages. Of course bias played a key role in that thought, but if they were able to speak to them they would gain a better understanding of each other. About.com shows a timeline of how technology has played a role in communication dating back to 3500 B.C., when the Phoenicians created the alphabet.
Human society now uses technology to express their thoughts and emotions to one another. Soon we will become a society that would rather speak to one another through an electronic device. Media and technology will soon consume our brains as it was portrayed in the Disney movie Wall-E. This movie not only touched on the importance of technology, but if society becomes controlled by it they will lose the importance of human contact and their natural instinct. “In the modern world, the chime of incoming e-mail can override the goal of writing a business plan or playing catch with the children”, says Matt Richtel of The New York Times. His article called Attached to Technology and Paying a Price is a take on the 1980’s anti-drug commercial, Your Brain on Drugs.
With communication as the key to success in life, technology will either become society’s link to the world or its shelter from human contact.
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