Looking Throughout The Century
"Saamong panahon kay dili na maayo!"
"Saamo bitaw nauna, wala mana!"
"Saamo nauna.. Saamo nauna..."
Did your parents or your elders tell you some of these phrases? Well, simply because they existed in an era where technology were still insignificant. Nadine Lustre once bashed in the online community just because she said, "C'mon guys it's 2017!" and as I had observed, majority of her haters because of that statement were kids from 90s below and the ones who praised her straightforwardness were kids in the new millenial generation. Technology is circulating the globe now, with that, change has come not only in the world of medias and machineries but also to our humanity.
According to Cooper Fleishman's article, nearly 30 years ago, the New York Times took a skeptical look at the laptop, or the "executive computer," what was in 1985 an obscenely pricey work tool for the corporate class. "For the most part, the portable computer is a dream machine for the few," the article stated. "Somehow, the microcomputer industry has assumed that everyone would love to have a keyboard grafted on as an extension of their fingers. It just is not so."
Our tech can provide an escape from the mundane and from ourselves. It provides troves of knowledge, indulges our deepest obsessions and grants easy access to dangerous vices. We'll be telling stories about it.
The table below shows the differences of parents 30 years ago and the new millenial generation when it comes to media/technologies, social relationships and their beliefs/values:
Based in my own experience, technology plays significant role in our society nowadays, however, it does not only gives us benefits but also negative impacts where health, social relationships and our very own culture are greatly affected. Furthermore, technology before was just simply making the life of the people a little bit easier in contrast today, where technology is part of the human lives. They could not live without it and technology as well is somewhat useless without its consumers. It's as if they're glued together and live for the rest of their lives depending on each other.
Hence, we cannot eradicate the advancement of technology but we can embrace it and adapt to that change and when change finally has come then it is up to us now how will we handle and control that change without affecting our health, our society and our beloved Mother Earth.
