After the class discussion last night, I had to ask myself what I thought was technological before I thought about how it affect me. I woke up this morning on a mattress made by some sort of machine, to an electric alarm clock, dressed in clothes made by machine, drove to work in a car, sat in front of a computer, made copies on a copier, answered a networked telephone, and on and on.
All of that certainly makes my life easier but that's what I'm used to. I couldn't imagine my life without some of these items. If I lived one hundred years ago, I couldn't imagine a life with these items. Prior to the invention of the refrigerator, we never needed one. Prior to the invention of the computer, we never needed one either. Now, our lives would be dramatically altered without them.
I would find my job very different/difficult without the phone and the computer. At the same time, I don't think my job would even exist without the phone and the computer (or it would have completely different responsibilities).
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