Technology has created a more social and communicative culture in America today. In what was originally intended for the US government, the American people use the internet specifically for contact, social media, and fraternizing more anything else. This was not possible even fifty or one hundred years ago when the use of a landline phone, mail, and general word of mouth reigned dominant as forms of social communication. Unfortunately, modern forms of communication take away many aspects of true human to human interaction and replace this with human to computer interaction. By doing this, we are creating a culture that appears quite socially active on its exoskeleton but internally is lacking vital social and people skills.
Culture has affected technology by pushing it to progress drastically. Our culture is defined by progression and a constant need to improve. This drive has caused many technologies such as ones used in the medical field, the automotive industry, and particularly in computer technology to progress at a rapid rate to satisfy the desires of more in our country. Technology has to keep up with our voracious appetite for consumption and progress. Culture also holds a stigma toward technology in which it needs to progress. In this circle of cause and effect, technology keeps advancing because of our desire for progress and our appetite for consumption is fueled by progressing technologies.
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