Blog Post #3 Technology in our Lives

In the video it showed us how Technology takes over our social lives and our lives at home because we are together when we are using our phones and our computers but were really not together. You saw this in the video when the College student was talking about how his friend was on his phone during one of their conversations but it was okay because he knew he was going to do the same thing later in their conversation. Later on in the video you see the people at the World of War Craft convention. For some of them they had never met but of other's they fell in love through this game and got married. There are good and bad things that come from technology.
Some of these pro/cons are saying that social media made them friendships but some say social media ruined their friendships. (New York Magazine, Relevant Magazine) There are some of the pro/cons that say social media is a great platform for business and others say they don't use it at all because it causes problems. (acog.org, happiness research institute article) In conclusion it all depends on perspective and optimism.

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