Technology is a topic that critics and journalists have a lot to say about. There are many point of views and details that are discussed like whether technology affects our writing because of texting or how technology has more capacity than our brains to store new things every day at a faster pace. Most critics and journalists think that if we adapt to technology it can be a helpful tool in a person’s life because of its advantages it has produced throughout the years. People think that adapting to technology gives us the advantage of maintaining close relationships with other people without factors like distance or the need of a person being there physically, stop us from communicating with others. Jenna Wortham thinks that because of the apps in our devices we can communicate in a more interesting, fun way where you can insert “cutesy features that let you add digital doodles to video messages, or send virtual kisses or cartoon characters” (394). She thinks that because of this advantage …show more content…
She talks in the article “The Influencing Machines” about how adapting to technology will decreased the fear of technology people have towards. Even though she agrees with Jenna Wortham and Clive Thompson about technology and its ability to help people connect with each other, she is more on the side of how people should not see technology as a terrifying thing. She says “We’ll also have the ability to rush ahead of evolution—by implanting new technology. Does that creep you out? Actually, I’m not creeped out…” (Gladstone 334). Gladstone thinks that people should not fear technology because with technology we can develop future things that can improve people’s life just like Jenna Wortham and Clive Thompson believed that technology has improved our lives throughout apps and chess game computer