Anti-government protesters help
a fellow protester injured in a
grenade attack during a rally in
Bangkok.

When I was young we wondered what we would do with all the leisure times we would have on our hands when the then blooming technology would take full force. Now most Americans work harder than ever, if they are fortunate to have a job, for less pay and less hours. More than ever in our history, people cannot find a job, especially the poor and minorities, and many have given up looking, thus off the unemployment rolls. With technology the more we can do the more we do.

Today, I spent two and half hours using two phones, cell and home line, to get a friend to have his home phone line change from one vendor to another. We are not done yet since, after the new line is installed, we have to notify the present company of the change. I had to communicate to numerous computers, and trice was hung up on, to get the change made. Technology and more choices of phone companies have slow down the process and made it nearly impossible for low income friends with a disability, like my friend, to do.

Most people cannot imagine of what their live or job would be without a computer. To the few without cell phones, smart phones, tablets and computers the world is becoming more and more inaccessible. Most companies want you to use the internet to sign up, make arrangements or get information since computers work much cheaper than humans.

Computers have replaced many low or unskilled workers. Now even with education and training a good job is hard to get. With the modern technology of weapons even the military can be more particular who it accepts. With drones even killing can be with remote control.

Youth and Adults spend much more time with computers, TV’s and smart phones for entertaining than read books.

I do not want to be overly critical of technology since it has been used, like the field of medicine, to do wonders. But technology in itself is neither good nor bad; how it is used determines its value in our lives.

As a person who uses technology I am not saying do not use technology. It is up to us how to use technology. It can help or hurt.

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