Technology

Technology is anything and everything that assists humans in complete daily activities. It can be anything from a ramp used to climb to a higher surface, or a cell phone used to connect people from distances. Technology facilitates our actions in much easier and efficient ways than before. I would say phones, computers, televisions, planes/cars/trains/boats, and cooling (such as air conditioning, refrigeration, etc) would be the five most important modern technologies used today. These are all the most important because they keep us in contact with the outside world, except for the last one. Cooling/Heating systems are important to our health, otherwise we would not be able to eat many of the foods we do today or our foods would rot and make us ill. We also would be extremely uncomfortable, and even make certain areas impossible to live in. I would not say there are many unimportant technologies used today. However, the zipper, clock, digital games, sound soothers, robot animals, air fresheners, etc. are not as important to us because they are all non-essentials. These are used for recreational purposes or have more efficient alternatives. I believe here, at AES, we use an enormous amount of technology. We have the latest laptops, smart boards, speakers, televisions, music/video players and so on. Even though it seems like a lot, it is necessary to our globalized world. We need such technology to prepare for our future education and lives in a technologically based world.
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