Calm Technology Explained

Week 1 Reflections

What I took away from this week’s class was that whilst technology is new and exciting, it can also be intrusive on our personal lives. The lecture brought to my attention that new communication technologies such as web based apps are causing individuals to lose important and basic human skills such as interpersonal skills, navigation or simple maths. On a larger scale, web based apps that are designed to make our lives easier are in fact cannibalising small businesses and costing jobs.