Technologies, relationships and ourselves by Daniel Felipe Cartagena Perez

In this text I would like to answer the question about how technologies affect and influence in our relationships.

To begin I am going to describe the main two concepts in this essay, they are technology and relationships, in order to clarify the purpose in this written task. There are a lot of kinds of relationships most of which are related with given social structures. It means we accept external rules when we accept the current social relationships.

The definition of technology has a close meaning with the Latin concept of what ‘natura’ is (Natura such as a synonym of the physical laws). For instance, a monogamous society or our moral mechanisms are as technological as a cellphone. Therefore, technology does not just mean a device made with chips, electronic circuits and touch screens; technology is a wider concept.

With these two references we can build a better knowledge about the main question that we asked in the first lines. If we wanted to understand most complex relationships: friendship, family and love, we should simplify the question and the purpose of that. In order to get it, I am going to rewrite the question in a new and similar way: How do technologies affect and influence the relationship with ourselves? Furthermore, what is the relationship with oneself in the technical age? In my opinion, those are the actual question and the most simple too.

However, if we made seriously those questions, we would have to forget a piece of our given moral and customs because they could create a hard surface around what things we can question.

It is evident that time is one of the key words in this discussion. Technological devices make us waste in a lonely way our days. We spend more time watching videos in youtube or twitter than thinking about our daily routine. Our lives seem written before we were born and the way to implement the ‘life project’ is by restricting with technologies. One example of this is the TV which could be useful if we watched to entertain us but we have found there the main source of truth.

To conclude, we need more time to share with others. Actually, time is one of the most important elements in any relationship but we mainly need time to share with ourselves. Perhaps, the relationship with oneself is the most simple and useful, too. 

Final Project Juliana Naranjo Gómez

How technology affect and influence your relationships? 

They say that technology is a negative element for relationships and it makes of this human progress an enemy. Most of those people are afraid of the social changes that in the last decide, is becoming faster. Actually human relationships are changing but we have to analyze the arguments against and for the technology to make take an accurate position.

First, let’s take a look to the disadvantages of technology to human relationships. The social network, especially Facebook and Twitter let many people know other’s lives in a way that privacy is being lost for users. There are many examples of this situation because people publish their pictures, videos, status, feelings, new friends, events, likes, hobbies, gossips and many of them are seen by strangers. Another disadvantage is the face to face communications loss. Many social networks users prefer chatting and communicating with their web-friends than their family. Even in presence of loved persons, many users are building a wall with them interrupting talking and eye contact for checking their mail, Facebook, Twitter, even games.

The disadvantages said before can make a bad image of technology but we have to confront it with the benefits technology gives to our modern societies. First of all, the continuous improvement of element of electronic devices and software are making day by day an easier way to talk see, sent letters, share pictures, videos, have appointments and do many things with less special and temporal restrictions. Not only makes distances shorter but also gives more possibilities to communicate with foreigners and displaced people.

I conclude that the problem with technology in human relationships is the same with most of the objects that humans use: positive or negative is not caused by the things, technology in this case, themselves, but the way they are used by the people. Then of course human relationships have to change with technology but it depends on the education and the intentions, how it makes a better or a worse society.

Digital interactions have changed the social dynamics by Alexandra Sánchez M

Technological advances have changed radically the way we interact with others in short time since lasts years. Now, It is possible to get a conversation without a face to face interaction with people who are in whatever place in cheap and immediately way. So, digital technology have given us many benefits, but we need to learn how to use it and how to not be addicted to it. 

 Digital interactions can be a “efficient bridge” to keep in touch. Some people establish strong relationships which were impossible without technology. They can be more outgoing and spontaneous with their virtual friends, and sometimes it can enhance the relationships and rise the likelihood to interact in a real way.

 However, changes in the social dynamics trigger different impacts. For example, friendships that have been build in real situations, have great effect in our lives, because Friends use to share intimacy, difficults and happy moments. Real interactions present the real sense of to be with others. Digital interactions are more superflual and less worthy because these are less demanding and more common. That is why people is getting more and more interested in vitual friendships. These behaviors have allowed the decrease of the importance of humanity values like listen the people who are around or share moments in family. Some people have gotten addictions too, and prefer virtual than social interactions. 

 Technology is an important tool that can enhance relationships, but it is necessary to keep the balance between plugging on and plugging off. It´s important to keep in touch with Friends and classmates vitually, but real moments may be more essential in our lives. Probably it is kind of complicated to adapt to all these new humanity changes, but we should have concordance in our real purposes in life and figure out how to use all these tools in an accurate way.

Relationships and Technology by Sneider Hernandez

Relationships and Technology

In my opinion. Technology is giving its part in both points, as bad things and good things. We just can’t say that technology is bad because it is giving a lot of really good things.

Some of the good things: We have the possibility to stay connected and to find people where ever they are. We don’t need to spend a lot of money in calls and videos to talk with our family in other country.

But, the problem is that the human kind takes things and makes something bad with these, the main idea of technology is to help humanity to solve a specific problem or to satisfy a need. Technology has not been thought to have fun. Fun is something that born in consequence of technology.

For example. The automobile were designed to solve the transportation problem, but not to run illegal races on the cities’ streets.

And, that kind of things are the reason of why some people think that technology is bad for the relationships of the human kind. If in a friend meeting all of guys are looking and doing something in their cell phones. There is a problem. If my children are more interested in their laptop and they don’t care about their families. There is a problem. But, if in my enterprise, I’m looking for a solution using technology. If my workers are searching some interesting experiments to try improving their results in the company. There is not a problem because we are finding in technology the help that we need, and that is the reason of technology.

In conclusion and in my opinion. Technology is here in a lot of cases to help human kind, but depends of us if we use that to do good or bad things, so as all the things of our life, that is our decision.

How technology can affect relationships? By Beatriz Flórez Monsalve

How technology can affect  relationships?  

Technology advance goes getting increasingly in our daily life. The internet, the social netwoks, the connectivity, and the mobile devices take to us a world increasingly connected, which it has generated an important change in our way of relating and communicating.On the one hand, the internet use and video games from the infancy  it has done that the new generations take to themselves every time better with technology, which they handle a wide technological knowledge to early age.Technology can be a good help in the education both for the adults and for the children. In these days, the Internet allows to accede to the information of an immediate and unlimited way. This comfort has removed to the personal relations, so  it’s possible to come to have more relation with someone who lives in other country, that with the neighbor of to the side. In addition it’s easier to tell to the others what happens by chat that to say it face to face.On the other hand, if technology is not used adequately it can cause isolation, and therefore is absent of communication, this due to the excessive use of the computer, television, radio, cellular, etc. Nowadays, the parents are very worry about it, because the problem is greatest for children and young people: They only have “virtual friends”, they don’t relate even to their parents.  If the parents were passing more time with their children, the parents wouldn’t have problems of communication with them.According to the specialists, this addiction can lead the persons to suffering depression, edginess, irritability, panic and a little interest to coexist with other persons. Nevertheless, if technology is not used well, it can cause serious problems of isolation and communication with the others.Today, several clinics of rehabilitation exist for the addicts to internet in some countries as China, USA and England.I surprise those days when it was necessary to write letters to keep contact with friends or relatives, or a meeting or reunion in a parks or squares with friends for telling on the event of the week. Today, on the other hand, the networks exist and with them we connect with persons that we don’t even know. That is regrettable, because if you don’t spend a lot of time with  people, you wouldn’t learn to treat them.I would definitely get more free time and I wouldn’t hang out my free time on devices. If I had more free time, I’d probably spend more time with my friends and I would go out for dinner or movies more frequently.
Finally, if there is something to keep in mind is that technology  used adequately  can have a lot of utilities, both educational and communicative, and even approach our friends or relatives who are in another place.

How technology affects human relationships by Alejandro Cardona Arango.

How technology affects human relationships.

With the increase of technology, the human relationships has had many changes, nowadays is possible meet people all around the world. With just a cellphone you could meet a person in an away country with a different culture.

One of the most important ways with people has their relationships are social networks, that are used for communicate, and meet with other people, also help, and maintain strengthen relationships. Many people are involved in a lot of relationships through internet.

But sometimes the quality of these relationships is wear because in it doesn´t exist the real connection, and it can break easily. Another problem with the relationships on internet is the information management, people distort their information and you could be speaking with people that you really don´t know, for this reason people is less confident and have problems with making good relationships

Technology has had a profound impact on human relationships; the physical limits to speak with people don’t exist now; but is very important that people think about how technology affects their social skills. The relations are less strong increasingly, people doesn´t have strong feelings, the relations are very superficial and these can be changed easily. Nowadays people spend more time in their devices than with people around them.

As conclusion, the technology is the most powerful tool to better the human relationships, this revolutionized the communication way and connected all the world, but we need remember use the technology properly, that this help in growing the human relationships stronger. But the technology only will be a way to understand each if we understand that it´s only a tool, and what is really important is to remain united because our quality of life depend of our quality of relationships.

Technology and human relationships By Catalina Zea

Technology and human relationships

We can not live without technologies: Internet, cell phones and laptops. Our lives depend on technology. However, technology has advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages of technology: Technology supports our lives, jobs and education. Currently, technology is more essential because it is neccesary for students all the time. The advantages are simple. The cell phones and laptops are convenient because every time you want to connect with somebody, you can feel near to somebody who lives in another city or country. You can use your satellite mobile phone map and you can find your way. Technology can help you with your job. You can work at home, you can have a videoconference with you cooworkers. Technology helps the people with disability, they can use different gadgets to communicate with other people.

Disadvantages of technology: you can create your own world including your virtual friends from Instagram, Facebook, or twitter. You forget your real friends and your relationships. Technology can be an obsession and can affect your health. Currently some families don’t have communicate because all members are involved in different gadgets, children don´t talk with their parents about their problems. New technology is more impersonal. People can not talk in public.  People used to be shier. Children are rude because they learn all about video games.

Currently, some restaurants invite the people to use a special place to keep their cell phones, while they enjoy a delicious food. Restaurants want people to give a good use to technologies.

I think that it is imposible to live without technology. New technologies increase a lot and if we learn to use them correctly, we can be big people. Using to much technology all the time, our brain abilities will reduce. Our brain is a more powerful machine than any technology.