Ever since 1996 when the cell phone was released into the world everything had changed. Now people could pick up their phones from where ever they are and send a message to another wirelessly. This had major cities going crazy! News was travelling faster than ever. Business was booming, and before we knew it these cell phones were becoming more and more advanced, from cameras, emails, texting, and video calling all on one small hand-held device. The western civilization has become very dependant on these devices for everything. I have even referred to my phone as my life! Which in my opinion, is quite sad.
I think we are so dependant on them because we feel that we must always be in contact with someone and we cannot be on our own. Also, modern day phones have a ton of applications on them from games, T.V, GPS; Mp3 players and some even have the Internet. The so-called smart phones are basically mini-computers in the palm of your hand. With these phones you can link everything from your home or business computer to it.
The more advanced cell phones become, the more dependent we become upon them, causing us to have them by our side at all times. Our culture has changed from this technological invention and it is inventible that it will keep on changing. Day by day technology will keep on improving until all culture is lost. The booming ways of the western world are constantly increasing and it is being felt all around. Us humans are extremely dependant on technology and without it some of us are lost.
This is just a little section from the online newspaper call The Current that is written by university students in St. Louis. The article is titled “Cell phone culture.”:
“Public restroom stalls are supposed to be, in my mind anyway, a place of solace and minimal conversation. This quiet place has been violated by people who feel the need to do business while they do business.”
This goes to show how we, as humans cannot go one second without the need to be on our cell phones. We are dependant! There is nothing else to it…sadly.
Works Cited
Drolet, Kate. "The Current Online.com." Cell phone culture (9/7/04): pg.1. Web. 4 Oct 2009. <http://media.www.thecurrentonline.com/media/storage/paper304/news/2004/09/07/Opinions/Cell-Phone.Culture-711821.shtml>.
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