Smart phones came around during the Millennial Generation and are arguably the one thing that can describe our generation the most. The Millennial Generation is thought of as lazy and good at adapting to new technology. Well of course a generation would be lazy if they had the answer to any question or anything they've ever wanted to know right in their hand. Our generation doesn't have to work hard in school and read books to find answers to their questions like previous generations had to, all they have to do is type their questions into Google. If they have iPhones they don't even have to type out the question, they can just ask Siri. Because students today don't have to work as hard to learn new things, they haven't established the work ethic that previous generations, like maybe their parents, have.
So our generation might be a little lazy, but what we are good at is adapting and learning new advances in technology. We've grown up with computers and Smart Phones and because of this we feel familiar with them. A system update might be scary for previous generations using Smart Phones because that means change but for our generation it is simply a chance to navigate through and learn a new system. For most of us in our generation it is exciting to have the most advanced technologies and software programs and because of this it allows technology advances to spread faster through the public.
I agree with what you said about people being lazy with smart phones. I thought you brought up good points with both google and Siri. I like how you brought up the point of our generation being good at adapting and learning new advances.
ReplyDeleteI agree. The ability for us to have any question answered with the push of a couples of buttons or even no buttons at all has made us incredibly lazy and I fear that it may only get worse as we get more and more technologically advanced. It makes me wonder what the next generation will be like.
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