Technology today

So here is where things get interesting....I am supposed to describe the uses of technology and the importance of new technology and technological developments today, including how technology is important to school work, individual careers and daily life, through technology (that is the use of my laptop). Then on top of that I will publish this information, and my opinions through one of the greatest technological developments of the century....the internet.

So, technology today...Well where have we come from? I can still recall my parents talking about taking 'typing' in school and learning how to use a typewriter, now my mother (a teacher) is completely computer savvy and my father (a film technician) can't spell his name on microsoft word. So what does that mean? nothing. But realistically we need to recognize the growing importance of technology in our every day lives. According to Stats Canada, from 1989 to 1994, a 5 year term, computer literacy went up 9% among Canadian employees and 9% as well among students in Canada. At just under 2% per year, one can assume that following that trend today almost all Canadians, employed and students alike, are in some way computer literate or can at least do the simplest computer oriented tasks. Even Hewlitt-Packard has launched a new marketing campaign which boasts children claiming "I am (blank) years old and I work a PC". Technology and it's developments are continually expanding and breaking into the workplace and the academic worlds.

What about other technologies? as they grow, humans move from being the builders, constructors, office administrators, and other simple jobs to the developers, operators and maintenance staff of these new technologies. This new shift, begs the question how far will this go? When will humans no longer be needed at all? When we have technology to maintain and operate other technology (cyborgs for instance)? When we have nothing else to develop and can finally just enjoy the world around us? To quote one of my all time favorite films 'The world went and got itself in a big hurry'. The world has grown quickly and is developing and changing almost faster than we can as humans. It will no doubt be interesting to see the developments and changes the future holds, yet it is equally scary to think what the world will be like for my children if I ever have any, or even for me as an elderly person, if I make it that long.

Stats Canada source:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/studies-etudes/75-001/archive/e-pdf/3072-eng.pdf

Film:
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)