Nathan Nale
Dr. Tarenko (Composition and Rhetoric ENLG 1301)
How computers have been more life changing
My main argument is that computers have been more life changing than any other technology so far. I have three reasons to support it. First, is the speed at which information can be accessed. Second, is the amount of information accessible with a keystroke. Third, is that computers have made almost every aspect of our lives more efficient. This argument matters because technology and computers have advanced so far beyond where they were when they first came out and have allowed us to become more advanced in just about everything we do.
I remember the first time I turned on a computer and accessed the internet. It was slow and downloading a simple photo took a long time. Loading articles and searching for things wasn’t a quick process either. If you wanted to go somewhere on the internet you needed to know the exact address, or hyperlink, to access it. When you found the webpage you were looking for you had to wait for it to load. If that page had pictures on it, you were in for a long wait. With the advances made in speed, information can be accessed almost instantly from just about anywhere so long as you have internet access. Staying up to date on what’s happening around the world no longer requires one to read a newspaper every morning or watch the evening news. Social media sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have made anyone with a phone, tablet or computer a field reporter. Information, photos,
videos, and commentary is available as soon as an event occurs across the globe. Advances in speed has also changed the way we consume television. People no longer need to use an antenna to catch their over-the-air TV stations or subscribe to cable. Services such as Netflix and Hulu have made it possible to instantly watch your favorite show, anytime you want to, from anywhere as long you’ve got internet access or have previously downloaded your show to your device. It’s amazing that today I can download an entire television show faster than I could load an image in the 1990’s.
The amount of information available on computers has changed so much. When they first came out, the information was limited. You may have been limited to whatever information you had on the floppy disk you had to insert to get the computer going. If you were lucky enough to have access to the internet, information was still limited as there weren’t as many websites as there are now. As popularity of the internet picked up speed and the price of owning a computer came down, more and more information became available. Enrolling in school and attending said school all from the comfort of your home is now a thing. I mean think about it. It’s amazing that I can get a college education from home today. Information on any subject you can think of, available at your fingertip. Accessing that information has never been easier either. You don’t even have to type your query into a keyboard. You can press a button, say out loud what you’re looking for, and voila!
I feel confident in saying that almost every aspect of our lives is more efficient due to advances in technology and computers. For instance, Christmas shopping. It used to be such a chore to get in a car and go from store to store, fighting crowds and hunting down that perfect gift for someone. Today, you can do it all the tiny computer in your pocket, your phone. I mean even right down to making a list is more efficient. If it’s March and I see something online that I think will be a good gift come Christmas, I can click one button and put that item on a list in my Amazon account. Advances in computers has also made work more efficient. People can perform tasks today with a click of their mouse that used to require pen and paper and hours of work. Not only are tasks more efficient but working from remote locations is now possible with computers. I can access my companies’ network, have face to face meetings with co-workers and get my work done all from the comfort of my home today. Not something that was possible or even considered a possibility when computers first came out.
In conclusion, with the speed at which we can access information, the amount of information we can access, and the way computers have made our lives so much more efficient, is evidence to me that computers have been more life changing than any other technology so far. Think about the world today and how computers are intertwined with just about everything we do. Can you imagine where we would be if it weren’t for advances in computers and technology? They are such an integral part of my life that I can’t.
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