Thursday 1 March 2007

Is the world turning geeky?

The world has changed a lot since I started this game. We now receive hundreds of channels via our TV, the walkman has been upgraded to the ipod and we now find out about the world within seconds via the internet. Just a few examples of change, of course, but has it all been good? Prices of electrical goods have come down dramatically and everything seems to becoming ever so more glossy. With this gadgets have become disposable and spending £100 on a ‘toy' no longer takes lots of thought. The integration of technology in everybody's day to day life has resulted in a tech savvy world, but the question is has the stereotypes of techies also been integrated into society. People are more happy to txt than pick up the phone, and interact more with their xbox than their fellow friends. The expectation 10 years that everyone would be interacting with computers far more hasn't strictly become true. Yes we interact with computers but not in the form of a PC. Mobiles, MP3 Players, Navigation systems and TV digi boxes are most people's form of interaction however the principles are the same. The majority of the time technology is an antisocial form of recreation and entertainment, with a 1 to 1 ratio to the peace of kit being used. I can not say whether this is going to become a problem for tomorrow's world or whether it will create a very switched on world. We can only wait and see…