Is technology taking over our lives?!?
tempo_n_groove
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I'm asking if you think that Technology is taking over our lives and what the ramifications or downfalls may or might be?
For instance I have a phone that knows where I parked my car, where I work and where I live yet I've programmed none of this in my phone, it just knows.
The phone also tells me whom might be calling when there is a number that calls me that isn't in my contacts.
There is face recognition everywhere now.
Alexa listens and monitors what you say.
Your advertising on your computer/phone is from pages you directly looked at.
I feel that there is so much dependency on tech now and the potential uses of it against us kind of frightens me.
Thoughts?
For instance I have a phone that knows where I parked my car, where I work and where I live yet I've programmed none of this in my phone, it just knows.
The phone also tells me whom might be calling when there is a number that calls me that isn't in my contacts.
There is face recognition everywhere now.
Alexa listens and monitors what you say.
Your advertising on your computer/phone is from pages you directly looked at.
I feel that there is so much dependency on tech now and the potential uses of it against us kind of frightens me.
Thoughts?
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But, no need for reverse-cameras in my car; I use my eyes and mirrors. Got parallel-parking down. Would rather enjoy driving myself - gunning it with music cranking, controlling my own speed, my own decisions based on experience - than have a self-driving vehicle. I rarely click on ad links so that's mostly off of my radar, even if right on the screen.
...and on.
Like being taken advantage of, dependency on devices is of our own...device.
Freedom of choice, to the largest degree as possible. With common sense, of course.
I'd say for most, yes. People in first world countries in particular are losing many skills because of reliance on technology, even basic skills- things like using a map and compass when no GPS is available, spelling without a machine to help, doing basic math without a calculator, etc. And then there's the sense we are developing as a culture that we are insecure without a phone on us even for a short period of time, feeling the need to be hooked up to the airwaves all the time, relying on sketchy information on the internet instead of using our own mind and senses to understand the world. When artificial intelligence is perfected, machines will either tell us what to do or tell us to get a life. When I'm out walking in the woods or even around town without a device on my person, it feels good to live without these technological addictions for a while.
Do tou think that technology is invading your privacy?
On a personal note- I realized this morning how technologically unhinged I am. I tried to call my wife's iPhone with my cell phone this morning and I haven't written her number in my little address book and I didn't know how to access my cell phone's address book. Pathetic!
Then, the very next day I received an ad on my YouTube app for dental dam. This was less than 48 hours after standing and listening to two co-workers have an inappropriate conversation about it. I have never searched for anything on my phone related to dental dam, yet there it was.
I have the Google assistant/voice commands turned off on my phone and we are convinced they are mining voice data anyway. I consider going back to an old fashioned flip phone everyday.
Would either of you (or any one can answer) want to turn back? If so, to what point? If not, how much further would you like to see technology advance?
The answer is yes. We've won.
Please note this was an automated response from Bootlegger10's iPhone.
I think overall it is positive with the advancements to medicine, communication, and travel. But I don’t think it is making us happier, and it will eventually in my opinion get rid of so many jobs that people will be given stipends from the government in order to pay for food and shelter. Technology has also opened up the world to mass chaos whether it is a weapon of mass destruction, easier communication for terrorists, or a mass cyber attack. Certainly privacy is out the window.
I really believe the best days for western society are behind us.
new truckers ,who shouldn't be truckers, have driven under bridges to low for their vehicle and gotten stuck, damaging the bridge, the truck and or trailer and the freight being hauled.
most common excuse? the gps said to go that way.....
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With all the information that we give away on social media, it has to be used for something? Face recognition, DNA testing on your "heritage" are others I'm worried about.
I believe that all these things are being cataloged and used for something. Algorithms to steer us into liking and buying things? Database to follow us? GPS in phones? Onstar in cars?
Just curious on what others think about these things?
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What I do think is taking over our lives is simply the time spent using social media. I find that troubling. When one is alone in front of the TV or whatever, no big deal. But some people are on it almost constantly when they are out of the house and with other people. It sucks. I also think social media is taking over our lives in a much more sinister way: it is all having a terrible impact on how people view the world. They are constantly exposed to weird little microcosms only, and less and less see the big picture, or actual facts, or any kind of true reflection of what's really happening or how people at large feel about things. And they are finding WAY too much agreement, and info filtered through their own established biases. It's not good at all... I mean, I think Trump's victory has everything to do with that issue, so it's not like it's only harmful on an individual level.