Observation #22

Our reliance on technology has destroyed the fundamental truth that we can do things without the internet and computers. In a way I think the creativity and imaginative effect that can come from relying on the brain, instead of technology that can downfall at any moment, has been lost. Recently the wireless internet and BYU-Idaho school website went down for the weekend. Although this may not seem like a big deal, many assignments couldn’t be turned in and learning stopped because teachers didn’t know what to have their students do. One of my friends Megan Jacobsen said, “I haven’t been able to get online all day, it has been a nightmare,” and I think that is the truth. If our use of technology results in an ineffectual communicative effort and lack of fundamental creativity to work without modern convenience, then we have lost to a virtual world.