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My life and future invention in technology

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¶ … Futures - Creative Thinking for the Speed of Life by Jude Treder-Wolff. Specifically it will discuss future technology and how this technology will affect my life. It is not hard to assume that technology will become even more advanced in the future, and that it will affect our lives in ever changing ways. This book made me look at technology differently. Kids today have grown up with all sorts of technology, from cell phones to computers, and they do not know a time without them. It has made our society much more dependent on technology and less dependent on inter-personal relationships, and I think that is going to continue in the future.

The author talks a lot about creativity, and I hope that in the future technology will help inspire us to be more creative. I think that today we are less creative because of technology, and we do not take the time to pursue other interests as much as we should. I hope that in the future, our technology not only becomes even more useful, but it inspires us to be creative and to look at out lives in different ways. I think that many of us take all this technology for granted, and that we allow it to rule our lives. After reading this book, I do not want to do that, and I do not want to rely on technology so much. I have to admit that I am addicted to social networking, and I check my accounts numerous times a day. After reading this, I really do not want to do that so much -- I would like to spend that time doing something more meaningful. I think that in the future, people will become even more dependent on these types of sites, and they will forget how to communicate with each other in person. I also think places like Twitter, that limit the characters, will change how we communicate, and not for the better. I think people will be more self-centered as they Tweet about themselves, and I think that new technologies that we cannot even imagine now will emerge to take over even more of our lives.

I think this book is kind of "anti-technology," but it does make you think about the role technology plays in our lives. I cannot even imagine what will evolve in the next few decades, but I know that the advances will be awesome. I hope that we use them to make our lives better and to be more creative, and I hope we do not allow them to take over even more of our lives and draw us apart from each other. I think that technology like the Wii and other games have helped bring some families closer together, and I would like that trend to continue. We rely on technology for our jobs, and I am sure that will improve in the future, but I would like to see it make families and people closer, rather than isolating them like computer use can do today. I hope that technology does not become so advanced that we forget how to relate to each other in person, because that is an important part of live, and an important part of overall happiness.

I think this book made me look at technology in a different way. I, like so many others, generally take it for granted, but in reality, technology is an important part of our daily lives and for some people, it overtakes everything else. Technology is good, but like anything else, if there is too much of it, it can be overwhelming and even damaging. Everyone knows a game addict or computer wizard that spends all his or her free time on the computer, and I do not think that is healthy or even desirable. I think that technology can become addicting, and that people can get so used to it that they do not take time to build relationships or care about others, and that is dangerous.

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