Blog Assignment #8

Technology is a very large category. There are so many different things that have something to do with the technological resources we have. So you would think coming up with one research topic may be hard. However, for me I had a general idea of what I wanted to research about. I knew I wanted to research something about cell phones since they are so common. Day to day I see so many people constantly checking their cell phones, I'll admit it, I check mine all the time too. So I decided to research on how depended the average human was upon their cell phone. Some people use cell phones to manage their whole lives. My dad, for example is constantly on his phone checking emails, making appointments, texting, and talking to people, and sometimes I wonder how lost he would be with out it. This example is exactly what Nye was talking about when he said how its hard to imagine people being "pre-technological". Some people with out their cell phones would be a mess. Think of how much stuff you put in there, the contacts, the notes, it would be harder with out one. I once had a loner phone for a week with no contacts and I thought that was difficult enough.
I think many people take for granted having a cell phone now days because it is so common. This is why i choose to research this because i find it interesting how some have to have it on a daily basis to keep their lives, or the lives of others on track. Once I see how dependent people have become on cell phones, me included, I think it will show me to be more independent and to not always be attending to it.