Shift Happens

               After watching the video "Shift Happens", not only was I left surprised but also somewhat puzzled. Although it’s great to see so much advancements and developments, at the same time, it makes me wonder what caused all these changes and how much further it will be able to go. We’ve started progressing so quickly and considering the high speed at which we are moving, in the near future we can do numerous things, thanks to technology. Essentially, the whole world will be transformed and made more convenient. For example, just as phones were created and people could community easily without actually having to meet each other in person, similarly, more advanced technologies will be created to provide comfort to the people and make things easier. The numbers of technologies that have been created are countless but they certainly are changing the world we live in. 

                Our education system needs to provide higher and more advanced levels of education to today’s students in order to keep up with the standards. As the video stated, “We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet” which means as the population grows bigger, more competition will occur. With that being said, each student needs to be educated so that they are able to use their knowledge and skills to secure their jobs. Furthermore, the American education system does not have as high of a rank as the Indian or the Chinese do. Thus, it’s also important to emphasize raising the educational criterion. 

                Today, the changes in information processing and availability are improving our lives in many ways. As I’ve mentioned earlier, technology has made our lives more comfortable and easier, but it also has made some negative. Simply because technology makes everything convenient and saves us loads of time, it has also made us lazy. For example, without technology, we had to do certain things manually but with the technology, we do everything by clicks which take away the skills that we once had. Despite of these negative impacts, the positives are much more. One aspects of information processing which I love is that it helps us connect; not just to our friends and families but to people who live in other countries. It exposes us to different culture, traditions, and ideas which thus, contribute to globalization. We come closer and united to people by becoming aware of their existence and the difference that they make. 

                Some of the ideas that we have learned that could be applicable to the facts and trends presented in the video is that we are in a postindustrial society, postmodern world and globalization is taking place. As the text states, we are entering a phase of development beyond the industrial era. This new social order is described as information society, service society, and knowledge society or the postindustrial society. We have moved further than the traditional forms of industrial development. We are in an age where we are constantly progressing in every possible way and the rapid change impacts everyone. As mentioned in the video, we live in exponential times with technology surrounding us everywhere.  From google to text messages, we are heavily influenced by technology and rely on them very much. In the near future, we will be able to include technology into our every lives even more and make possible what seems impossible today.