When weighing the pros and cons regarding the improvements in technology throughout our lifetime, Claudia brought up a valid point about our generation’s dependency on technology. In truth, what would our daily lives be without some form of electronic device by our side? Be it an iPod, a Blackberry, a skytrain, a laptop, a watch, or an elevator, advances in technology can be spotted in almost every aspect of our everyday routine.
What does this translate to in the workplace? From a firm’s perspective, betterments in technology have widely contributed to continual increases in the company’s efficiency. Nowadays, more numbers are being crunched by computers, more drinks are being served by machines, and more knowledge is being attained by workers – all via conveniences made readily available through technology. And although today’s employees are much more efficient than ever before, I believe that, unfortunately, they are also much less resourceful. Years ago, intellects were required to contrive airplanes, produce cars, and write financial statements with not much more resource than their brain and hands. Now, with seemingly unlimited technological resources at our disposal, with electronic devices doing the jobs of both our brains and hands, has our generation’s productivity really increased? Ask the guy checking the scores on his iPhone at work.
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