Increased Responsibility with Increased Technology

Technology has dramatically improved over the last 200 years.  Communication has moved from handwritten letters, to the telegraph, to the telephone, and now to the internet.  These advances allow information to move across the world in seconds rather than the months it took before the invention of the telegraph.  With these improvements comes an increased responsibility to stay informed.  The widespread availability of the internet makes limitless information available at the click of a mouse.  This increase in communication technology also increases the difficulty of one's responsibility to stay in touch with the real world outside of computers.  One can easily waste the day away on their computer without ever going outside.  It is important to remember with these improvements in technology there needs to be a greater awareness of its uses so it can improve one's life without completely taking it over.