Monday, April 11, 2016

Oo-googleing into our lives

Google plays such an important role in all our lives. We've come to a point where many of us are unable to get by without it. I myself am guilty of using the internet for research even when teachers ask that we "try" to use the library. Why? We are a little lazy and a wee bit entitled. When you grow up with the comfortability of the internet and the treasure trove it holds its easy to neglect the outside world. But in my opinion Google is just an extension of our gadgets. The ones we all, but especially my generation, are glued too. Now that we have the ability to take Google everywhere we go it makes it much more possible for Google to take a good hold of our lives. They know what we like and dislike. Where we go and with who. Is it possible to stop this take over? Yes. Put down the phone, the tablet, the laptop and read a book, a real book not an e-book. Go out with friends and leave your phone at home. Believe it or not you can get by without the phone in your back pocket. Turn off the gaming system and play a board game with friends. Google has a portal to our lives thought every electronic we have, and if we spend more time out of the technology and in the real world we can claim the lives that Google claims to know so much about.
Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson - Parks and Recreation 

1 comment:

  1. Great point of view. It is crazy how lazy we have become when it comes to information search and life in general. I wholeheartedly agree that everyone needs to put the screens down for a little bit everyday and go out and do something. If we don't, the domination of technology on our lives will never stop.

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