Technology and Society Expectations- Blog 2

Technology has became the center of everyone lives. The first thing we do in the morning is check our phone for notification or latest news updates from overnight. Technology has kept up with this fast-pace dynamic we created today. "Technology, data and analytics have combined to fundamentally alter the innovation curve, a curve that's become increasingly steep. Changes and updates are happening more rapidly than ever. Anyone who's bought a smartphone has seen this firsthand. What was a ground-breaking innovation yesterday is out of date tomorrow. It’s become an “exponential economy.” (Stroh, 2017). We as an society have created a new expectation because of technology such as face-pace. We want everything quick especially nothing that can possibly hinder our day. Texting, sharing and posting gives us that. It doesn't take a lot to like, share or comment on a post especially with the social media app at our fingertips at all times. As we as an society continue to grow we are evolving around the technology whether it is good or bad.

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Video: 
https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_alter_why_our_screens_make_us_less_happy/discussion

In the ted talk above the speaker specially speaks about how great technology is and how it is negatively effecting us. We are so use to technology and all the things we can do with it. We do not think about the life before technology and if we could adjust to it, just like society adjusting to technology today. Overall, technology has change our expectations in the world. We will continue adjust and advance to new world innovations.



Reference:


Alter, A. (n.d.). Why our screens make us less happy. Retrieved September 27, 2019, from https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_alter_why_our_screens_make_us_less_happy/discussion.
 
 Stroh, Pat. (2017, June 1). Technology is changing customer’s expectations; are marketers keeping up? . Retrieved September 27, 2019, from https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/06/01/technology-is-changing-customer-s-expectations-are.html.

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