Technology Takeover

*1960's*
[Phone Ringing]
"Honey can you get the phone" - wife
"Of course sweetie" - Husband


*Husband picks up phone and begins with a clean and crisp, "Hello, may I ask who is speaking?"

Notice how this seems as though a normal scenario to explain, however the husband in this scenario picked up the phone to talk to whomever was calling despite not knowing who is talking. What I am getting at is, due to the advancement of technology our society is changing in the way we speak to each other, and the decisions we make on when to communicate with certain people. Take the same scenario as above and impliment it into reality in today's world, and you will see exactly what I am honing in on.

*Present day*
[iPhone Ringing]
"Honey who is calling my cell?" - wife
"Your sister Ashley, want me to pick it up?" - husband
"No that bitch has been nasty to me all week, let it ring."- wife

                                                                                                   

This small difference in both scenarios is an example of a larger issue. Technology such as caller id, is not in any way bad, it just changed the way we communicated. Technology as a whole has been rapidly expanding and growing to new depths, and revolutionizing our society along the way. Nowadays the younger generations are using social media more and more. This may not seem like a bad thing, and it is not, but the internet and social media has created a space for people to present themselves to the world in the way they want to be seen. While this is a truly fascinating thing, which I encourage to only expand more and more, it has created a gap in living in the moment and experiencing life to the fullest. Constantly having our phones buzzing with notifications, emails, texts, phone calls, instagram notifications, snapchats, it all takes it toll. 

In my own experiences, I have noticed a more heavy use of social media since I have arrived in college. I love social media such as Instagram, snapchat, and facebook, and I would find it extremely hard to live without them. It is almost as giving up an image of yourself, your online social interactions are an external self image of yourself. The problem with this however is, we put ourselves out there for everyone to see, whether or not we want people to see it, once it is out there it is out there for good no matter how strong your password is and whether or not your accounts are private.

The problem with all of this, is people are beginning to become obsessed with their social media, and the self image they portray on such sites. No longer, can you go out and expect none of your friends to tweet, snapchat, facebook, or instagram about it. Not saying this is bad, but it is becoming a norm. In my own experiences, I have witnessed people and admittedly myself sometimes, put something out on social media that I am doing something, when I am really not, just to boost my image on social media so I seem cooler, or in the loop more than I actually am. This poses a scary portrait, with future generations who are growing up with these social media sites.

Will internet self image, become more important than actual real life self images? These are the questions that our current technological takeover society puts before us.