Although I do believe that the human experience has changed, I personally don’t believe that we depend on technology to define ourselves or our identity. I think that such things such as myspace, facebook, email are all merely extensions of our identities. They allow more opportunities to express the identities that we’ve already developed within ourselves and give more and more people exposure to them.

But I also think that there is a significant amount of people that use such virtual technologies to falsely represent themselves, which doesn’t illustrate their true identities. Forums give people more and more incentive to make them look good rather than present a genuine representation of themselves because so many people can be exposed.

I think I would definitely still be me if I had never been exposed to a computer. It surely made access to learning a lot more convenient so it’s completely possible that it would’ve taken me longer to become the person I am, but I believe I eventually would’ve gotten to the same point. I don’t believe a person would have to have a computer to define themselves as a good person, a musician, an artist, or a scientist. Technologies have allowed us to get what we wanted, but it is ourselves that decides what we want and drives us to do it. Technology is only a means of achieving our goals.

Yes, the human experience is undeniably changing. Everything is practically instantaneous; just one click away. This has given most people the chance to learn even more than just what they learn in the classroom. It has allowed for more and more multicultural involvement, collaboration, and unity. The World Wide Web has irrefutably connected the globe. Satellites have allowed us to converse with one another through the convenience of text messaging. The internet has given us more contact with the outside world and allowed for more companies to display and advertise their products in an extensive variety of ways. Technology has also changed and extended the arts. If it wasn’t for technology, we wouldn’t have anything like techno music or computer graphics.