As technology gets more advanced, it gets easier and easier to do what you love, alone, by yourself. Today, kids look less forward to getting together with their friends, and more towards getting together with their phone, TV, or computers. Its now really easy to just sit at home and play games, or watch movies for eight hours. You don't have to go outside anymore and see the beauty of nature, you can simply look up beautiful nature on your phone and find really pretty views around the world.
More and more kids are having less and less friends, and now, they don't even need them. Some kids literally don't have any friends, and don't even realize what they are missing, because all the social interaction they need is the television screen, and seeing the main characters of a show have a relationship. Some shows even make people not want to have friends, and human interactions because of how crazy and stupid people are (Jersey Shore). Some people just don't want anything to do with that part of life, so they would rather just watch crazy things happen to other people, or other people do daring things, and not risk anything themselves, they would rather just let other people do it and watch, while they laugh at, or with the characters of the show, or game.
Another thing that has come out of new technology is relationships and friendships online. People who play online may talk to other people playing the same game as them, find out they have some things in common, and end up becoming friends, or even in a relationship. Even if you have known somebody for a year, do you really known them. It is not the same as a long distance relationship because you have never seen them before. I'm not saying this because I'm a shallow person, and saying "what if they were ugly the whole time, and you didn't even know". A lot of you men and woman have been abducted, or murdered because they had online friend ships of relationships, and when they finally went to meet up, one of them was not who they said they were, and on of them never comes back home. Or even on a less dramatic scale, what if somebody is completely nice over the screen, or letter, and then you see them in person and they are a complete slob, and you are a clean freak. It will hinder how well you will get along with each other. Body language can go a long way too, what if they were ignoring you the whole time online, and you couldn't notice because you couldn't see if they were doing something else while you were talking to them, maybe they don't know as much about you as you know about them.
In just this short decade or two kids have become less social, and more introverted, and secluded. What will happen in the next 25 years, will technology become more advanced, will you not have to leave your room for anything, there already are online schools, and plenty of entertainment. what will come next. Or have we reached the peak, and kids are already secluded as possible. Or will we begin to correct ourselves, and become less dependent on technology, and start having more friends, and social interactions.
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Sunday, September 27, 2015
Watching Vs. Playing
Everyone likes to sit back after a long work week, or after a rough Monday night, and watch a football game. Even though I love to sit down, relax, and watch a football game myself, i would much rather get some friends, and go play the game myself.
There is no doubt that it is better for your health to be out playing a sport, rather than inside watching it on the TV. And secondly, playing sports is better than watching for the same reason I believe playing video games is better than watching TV or Netflix. Because it is interactive. While watching the game you get to know the players (if you watch it enough), and you get to see the struggles, the bad calls, and all the really great stuff that people talk about when they talk about football, like interceptions, and touchdowns. but when you are playing the game for yourself, in real life. All of those troubles, and all of the experiences are your experiences. The week after you get back from playing an actual game you will be talking about how I did in the game, the plays i made. Not how the packers did, or how Iowa did.
Also you don't have to sit there are be annoyed or aggravated by the decisions made. The ref has all the authority and there is no arguing that. But you don't have to sit there and ask "What the heck was that throw?!" or "Why didn't he go for the first down". Because you are making the decisions. You have only yourself, and maybe your teammates to be angry at. And when you do something rewarding, the feeling is much better than watching somebody that you have never even met before do it.
And the last reason it is way better to play a game instead of watch it is because it is social. You can sit on your couch and watch a game, and it will be entertaining. But if you are out there playing it, you are having social interactions, and having those fond memories or playing with your acquaintances. People walk around with jerseys of players names, and I really don't think it matters. I think the only reason you should have a name on the back of your jersey is if it is yours, or somebody you actually know.
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There is no doubt that it is better for your health to be out playing a sport, rather than inside watching it on the TV. And secondly, playing sports is better than watching for the same reason I believe playing video games is better than watching TV or Netflix. Because it is interactive. While watching the game you get to know the players (if you watch it enough), and you get to see the struggles, the bad calls, and all the really great stuff that people talk about when they talk about football, like interceptions, and touchdowns. but when you are playing the game for yourself, in real life. All of those troubles, and all of the experiences are your experiences. The week after you get back from playing an actual game you will be talking about how I did in the game, the plays i made. Not how the packers did, or how Iowa did.
Also you don't have to sit there are be annoyed or aggravated by the decisions made. The ref has all the authority and there is no arguing that. But you don't have to sit there and ask "What the heck was that throw?!" or "Why didn't he go for the first down". Because you are making the decisions. You have only yourself, and maybe your teammates to be angry at. And when you do something rewarding, the feeling is much better than watching somebody that you have never even met before do it.
And the last reason it is way better to play a game instead of watch it is because it is social. You can sit on your couch and watch a game, and it will be entertaining. But if you are out there playing it, you are having social interactions, and having those fond memories or playing with your acquaintances. People walk around with jerseys of players names, and I really don't think it matters. I think the only reason you should have a name on the back of your jersey is if it is yours, or somebody you actually know.
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Thursday, September 24, 2015
Whats The Best?
Entertainment has progressed rapidly, and has become very, well... entertaining. But what is the most entertaining thing to do on our new gadgets. I think that the most fun thing that you can do is hop online with your friends and play some video games. Before you keep reading, do know, that i am a big nerd.
Many think that television and Netflix is the most entertaining past time, but i disagree. I think that Video games are the most entertaining because they are interactive. Movies you just sit there and everything happens, and you cringe because the characters are doing the stupidest things possible. In the game, you are in control, it is your own virtual reality.
Some think the point of entertainment, and relaxing is to sit down and not have to stress themselves with decisions, and aggravations, and stress that video games have the potential to create. But those decisions, the things that make you angry in the game, and the stress that you go through doing whatever it is you have to do to progress, that is what makes it so much more better. The best memories you have in life are when you overcome those challenges, and get the feeling of completeness. When you sit down and watch something you don't remember it as fondly as you would the game. That just puts video games over the top, and what makes them the best kind of entertainment.
Playing with your friends is even better, when you play with your friends it feels like you are accomplishing things together. You go in on whatever game, work together, and accomplish things, you have to work together, and when you go through a struggle and win, you get the rush of excitement that is nearly unmatched. Video games are simply better than movies and TV shows because you get the sense of accomplishment at the end that is amazing. Maybe that is why some people are considered "addicts" to games.
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Many think that television and Netflix is the most entertaining past time, but i disagree. I think that Video games are the most entertaining because they are interactive. Movies you just sit there and everything happens, and you cringe because the characters are doing the stupidest things possible. In the game, you are in control, it is your own virtual reality.
Some think the point of entertainment, and relaxing is to sit down and not have to stress themselves with decisions, and aggravations, and stress that video games have the potential to create. But those decisions, the things that make you angry in the game, and the stress that you go through doing whatever it is you have to do to progress, that is what makes it so much more better. The best memories you have in life are when you overcome those challenges, and get the feeling of completeness. When you sit down and watch something you don't remember it as fondly as you would the game. That just puts video games over the top, and what makes them the best kind of entertainment.
Playing with your friends is even better, when you play with your friends it feels like you are accomplishing things together. You go in on whatever game, work together, and accomplish things, you have to work together, and when you go through a struggle and win, you get the rush of excitement that is nearly unmatched. Video games are simply better than movies and TV shows because you get the sense of accomplishment at the end that is amazing. Maybe that is why some people are considered "addicts" to games.
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Sunday, September 20, 2015
Entertainment slows us down?
Most people would agree that sitting in front of a screen is not the best way to spent you time, so why do we always want to do it instead of something productive. Deep down we know that the best thing to be doing is not to be entertaining yourself, but we do it anyways, usually because the most productive thing to do is to work on or at something, any everyone dreads working. I think that as entertainment gets better, it makes not doing anything far easier.
I think that one thing that entertainment has provoked is the what i would call the "I deserve it effect", where you get home from school or from work and you think to yourself "I have been working, and have been exhausting myself for eight hours straight, and i deserve to sit back and relax for a little bit" I along with everyone I know does this. Most people would agree that the best way to do homework is just to get it done and out of your way right when you get home on a Friday night, so you don't have to worry about it for the rest of the weekend. But on a Friday, the "I deserve it" effect is at its strongest. New entertainment technology has made this even worse, because there is almost an infinite amount of things to do on your gadgets, and its easy to loose track of time when on them. For example there have been times when i get home, i like to have an after school snack, and watch an episode of Netflix. But sometimes, ill watch one more because i feel especially wiped out, and before i know it, its 8 O'clock, and i lost my whole entire night, and have done nothing productive.
Another thing that has been provoked by entertainment technology is procrastination. The reason I and many others end up doing homework at 10 O'clock on Sunday night every weekend. Procrastination is definitely not a new thing, but it has become so much worse because playing a game or watching something is so tempting, you want to figure what happens in a series, or your friends are wanting you to do something, and you tell yourself, i have the whole weekend to do this. And you keep wasting your time, and keep not getting anything done until it is 10 O'clock on a Sunday night. Technology provokes both of these concepts, and it is slowing us down.
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A less progressive future
Think again into the past, back when there was far less entertainment. They had far less entertainment than us, did this mean that they had less distractions, and more productivity. Think back into the early years of the Americas, and even the British colonies. They did not have near the amount of entertainment that we have today, but they also accomplished a lot more. The inventions and innovations back then were far more useful, new, and unique things, inventors were actually inventing things that were amazing pieces of technology, not to say that today we don't have amazing new technology. But think back on how many new ideas there were, electricity, automobiles, bifocals, the printing press. All of these things were ginormous leaps in technology.
Today, all the new inventions and innovations seem to be linked to mainly entertainment, like new gadgets, phone, gaming systems. Not as important things like the automobile, or electricity. Its all about entertainment now. Are we slowing down progression in actual great discoveries and inventions. Or have we already discovered everything there is in the world, have we harnessed all of the power possible in the universe, I myself don't think so, I just think that everyone is too caught up in making new innovations to their gadgets.
Another way that entertainment may make us less productive is that it is simply just a distraction. People would rather look at their monitor or their screen than go look in nature, of try to do something productive. Think back to when you were a kid, when there was far less technology. I know that I and many of my childhood friends would go and do something not in front of a screen, we would adventure in to the backyard and play in the dirt. dig holes, and get dirty, making discoveries daily.
In the past, when there were less distractions, there were great people who made great inventions, and progression was incredibly fast. Today, many people go to work or school, go home, and sit in front of a screen, not even noticing if it is raining, or lightening, because they are too distracted by it, and it is irrelevant to them. it gets worse with every generation. I went into a restaurant about a week ago and saw a kid crying, and his parents just gave him their iPad, and the child stopped, technology is being used like a pacifier for children, and now a days children are developing a addiction to technology before they even enter grade school. That is why technology and current entertainment is slowing us down, and why it is making the world a less productive place.
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Today, all the new inventions and innovations seem to be linked to mainly entertainment, like new gadgets, phone, gaming systems. Not as important things like the automobile, or electricity. Its all about entertainment now. Are we slowing down progression in actual great discoveries and inventions. Or have we already discovered everything there is in the world, have we harnessed all of the power possible in the universe, I myself don't think so, I just think that everyone is too caught up in making new innovations to their gadgets.
Another way that entertainment may make us less productive is that it is simply just a distraction. People would rather look at their monitor or their screen than go look in nature, of try to do something productive. Think back to when you were a kid, when there was far less technology. I know that I and many of my childhood friends would go and do something not in front of a screen, we would adventure in to the backyard and play in the dirt. dig holes, and get dirty, making discoveries daily.
In the past, when there were less distractions, there were great people who made great inventions, and progression was incredibly fast. Today, many people go to work or school, go home, and sit in front of a screen, not even noticing if it is raining, or lightening, because they are too distracted by it, and it is irrelevant to them. it gets worse with every generation. I went into a restaurant about a week ago and saw a kid crying, and his parents just gave him their iPad, and the child stopped, technology is being used like a pacifier for children, and now a days children are developing a addiction to technology before they even enter grade school. That is why technology and current entertainment is slowing us down, and why it is making the world a less productive place.
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The Past
Imagine how boring life must have been back in the past. Today, we have so many gadgets, activities, groups, and assignments to keep us busy. Most everyone in America in today day of age is easily entertained for a whole day or longer by just sitting in a chair, a couch, or lying in a bed with a gadget, its insane to look back at how much time we spend entertained on our devices. There is a feature that scares me sometimes. I play video games, not excessively, but regularly, and there is a feature that tells you how much time you have played that game for, and all of the games that i have played over the years i know that I definitely have spent over 1,000 hours of my life sitting in front of a screen playing those games, that's more than a month! That scares me a little bit.
Think back 200 years ago when there was no modern technology, the most advanced entertainment were books, and most people could not afford a near infinite amount of books like everyone can today. Kids only had each other to occupy themselves, tag, hide and go seek, and any other made up game that they would think of. And adults didn't have the option to sit in front of the TV like they can today. Like was super boring, at least to us now.
But was it really boring to them, we only think that it was boring for them because now we have better options for entertainment, they didn't know what they were missing out on, think of the entertainment possibilities 200 years from now, maybe they will be looking back on us and thinking "how do they even survive, how did they not die of boredom", as time progresses forward so does technology, and so does entertainment. No matter how new and exiting entertainment seems now. There will be better entertainment to outshine today's.
So back 200 years ago, was it easier get bored, were they even bored. Or did they not consider themselves as bored because they just didn't experience quality entertainment?
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So back 200 years ago, was it easier get bored, were they even bored. Or did they not consider themselves as bored because they just didn't experience quality entertainment?
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
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