When I was in Kindergarten, I recall shocking my aunt when I helped her to turn on our TV and Betamax. I was a "techie" back in the day! Now look where we are! It completely shocked me when a Kindergarten girl told me she had two different email accounts, and wanted my email so we could write to each other. Kindergarten! Our technology is so important to our daily lives. You don't know how lost you are until you've lost your phone, lose internet connection, and spill coffee on your laptop.
On the other hand, there are undeniably downsides. Look around and you'll see people texting in the car, texting at the dinner table, sexting, loss of privacy, and lack of face-to-face interactions.
I do believe, though, that there are more upsides. For example, my aunt in San Diego threw my now husband and I a shower while we were in Washington State via Skype. Though a little strange and unnatural (my aunt walked around the house carrying the laptop during the party so the guests could say hello to us), I knew that this would never have happened 5 years ago. At least for my family, who can't even turn on a TV and DVD player. I am very excited about our current digital age, and hopeful to see how we will surely progress in the very near future. When I saw this video, I feel this summed up my shock and awe about the things we are able to do because of machines and technology.
Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.
