The Impact of Technology

The society we live in is completely integrated with technology, we are surrounded by and we live on technology. One of the definitions of “technology” given by Webster’s Third New International Dictionary is “the totality of the means employed by a people to provide itself with the objects of material culture”, and as a matter of fact, almost every little work we do can be considered technology dependent. Today we are all identified with the technological device we are carrying, which must be up to date. For many of us, living without technology I like living without air”. Many people don’t realize how much they are engaged to their gadgets and how much they affect our lives; I think that most of us would struggle to live without these little comforts while some researchers of the University “La Sapienza Di Roma” concluded that most of the people, especially from 16 to 25 years old, feel lost when they don’t have their mobile phones with them.
An excerpt from the telegraph confirms us what we previously affirmed: “In an international study called Unplugged, volunteers at 12 universities around the world were asked to keep detailed diaries while spending 24 hours in a tech and information blackout. They found out that youngsters reported sickness and fidgety, they felt really uncomfortable and like if they had nothing to do. “They kept looking for the phones, even though they weren't carrying them.” Technology has clearly become a huge influence on our lives, but how did we reach this point?

Our addiction to technology probably started with computers taking over our society as we used to know it. Nowadays, everywhere you look, computers are making our life more comfortable since they are commonly used items in many areas. A PC is essential to people who run organizations or industries, but also the housewife who doesn’t know how to use a Personal Computer has to deal with one, since almost anything we know is run or made by a computers, most medical