A Day WIthout Technology

One day i was forced to live the life without technology. It was not planned or thought out, my phone simply died one day and i was as far away from the charger as possible. At first i did not mind my phone being dead, i thought to myself "oh this won't be a problem just a few hours". As the day slowly went underway i found myself looking at a dead phone more than i should be. Out of habit i would push the button which usually goes to the homepage, but since if was dead nothing would happen. I knew it was dead and useless to me but it would still draw my attention about every fifteen minutes. I realized just how dependent i am about my phone. The phone that i use is an iPhone, and since everything it either a push of a button or downloading an app away i use it for basically everything. It is my alarm clock in the morning, internet when i need it quickly, keeping up on social events through facebook, and a game when i get board. i never really realized that it was a problem not having a phone on at all times but i did that day. When i see those people attached to their phones 24/7 i think to myself, no i am not like that i can survive without it. when in reality i am just like everyone else to a certain extent. It is hard to live without technology especially in this day and age. Technology is flooding our schools, home life, and social life. it is and will be everywhere that we turn for the rest of eternity.

Wendell Berry, poet, essayist, farmer, and novelist, wrote a piece titled Why I Am Not Going To Buy A Computer. He believes that writing with a pen and paper is more effective then using a computer. He said when somebody has used a computer to write work that is demonstrably better than Dante's and when this better is demonstrable attributable to the use of a computer, then i will speak of computers with a more respectful tone of voice, though i still will not buy one (Berry). Although i love computers and most all technology i can see the side in which Wendell is arguing. Computers have taken over reading books and writing on paper. Everything is technologically advanced and Berry believes that technology like computers is not needed to become a skilled writer.