Influence of technology in my life

Definitions:

Technology - the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.

Science - the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and                              behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.

Reflexivity - the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent.

Technicism - Technicism is an over reliance or overconfidence in technology as a benefactor of society. Taken to                     the extreme, some argue that technicism is the belief that humanity will ultimately be able to                             control the entirety of existence using technology.

These are a few of the things that aren’t in my mind map but count.

From the Moment I wake up, to the moment I sleep, technology plays a huge part in my life. To be honest I don’t see my life without it. Just imagining living in medieval times, scares the life out of me! Take for example something as simple as a sewer line and toilets with running water. Back in those days, people use to just “do their business” in buckets at night and toss it out the window in the morning. On to the streets! No wonder people got so sick and with such a high mortality rate.

All the above brings us to another technological advancement, Medication. Call me what you want, but if there was a pill for sneezing, I would probably have it. Another beautiful piece of technology is the heater, not forgetting its siblings, the electric blanket, the fan and the air conditioner.

  Glass and plastic are two of the most underrated pieces of technological advancement. I mean they are used for most everything. Containers, cutlery, toys, ornaments, furniture and even buildings are made entirely of or may contain a little of the two. Even certain pieces of clothing are made from plastic.

Some may see it differently but I see clothing and fashion as a technological advancement as well. The way clothing these days is designed to either breathe or seal in heat, the way some fabrics are waterproof or stain resistant. For me as a fashion lover, that is big!

Then we have obvious life savers, the laptops, flash sticks, external hard drives, modems, internet, printers, scanners, software and compatible machinery that has made it easier for us graphic designers animation specialists and photographers to execute our work the way we envision it. At first we had to draw everything by hand, including pictures, now we can simply grab a camera and press a button. What a wonder technology is.