Topic #7: Has technology truly made our lives easier?

          Has technology truly made our lives easier? What would you un-invent? Ummm… I have been thinking this question for a while. It is such an interesting question! Honestly, sometimes I feel technology makes my life harder. First of all, we are all having that small electronic device. Now, I think everyone can guess; it is smart phone. With this small device, I don’t have to remember anything. One day, my cell phone ran out of battery, so I noted everything there: friends’ phone number, things I will buy at the mall, ect. Somehow, the “smart” phone makes me a person who does not even try to remember anything. I think just a “normal” phone is okay for me. Second, this is probably especially for me. I hate mathematics! I would not un-invent a calculator. Why? Nowadays, everyone has to agree that in school we have never care about the simple calculation such as 43 multiply by 68 (this is so simple, isn’t it), but what we are interested now in calculus, geometry, etc. I think, back to 40 years ago, when calculation was not rich, people just tried to focus on that. Right now, computers are very powerful; we have to learn something that is not as basic as we did 40 years ago. For the last one, it is video game. One of my sisters is always playing video game. Sometimes, I want to chat to her, but she seems busy and does not care about my conversation. I think my parents also have this feeling too. I realize that video game becomes more and more problem in Thailand; if children are “addicted” to video game, they likely have very poor grades. In conclusion, the video game is annoying me because I want to chat to my sister!