Technology is one of the most talked about topics in the world. The definition of technology given is that it is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. The definition of technology is formed into machines such as computers, phones, tablets, etcetera. Technology has been around forever, but was really noticed during what everyone calls ¨The Golden Age¨. According to the technology timeline that Chris Woodford wrote, ¨during this time inventors like the Banū Mūsā brothers and al-Jazari, the Islamic "Golden Age" created things such as the ingenious clocks and feedback mechanisms that are the ancestors of modern automated factory machines.¨ Without all of these inventions technology would be nowhere …show more content…
All of them agree that technology is a necessity in today 's society. Although all of them say that it is a necessity, they do not all agree with the way that technology is being used. Each person I talked to brought up bullying in the discussion I shared with them. The saying ¨used and abused¨ basically describes how our society treats technology. Technology has brought us social media which created even more ways for onscreen communication. I believe this has been one of the most used ways for bullying in the past several years. I say this because of a discussion I had with some peers and one of my teachers a few weeks ago. In this discussion we talked about social media and how it has made social confrontations easier. These days if people have an issue with each other they will not confront each other face to face, but post about it or confront each other over social media. Some points that were brought up in this discussion is that people tend to take this course of action because they feel that it gives them more time to prove themselves in the situation. Technology would be a better necessity if social media was