I believe my current technology usage is lightly unhealthy. While I usually stay away from many social media platforms, I usually view many videos to an unhealthy degree. This typically leads me to having to procrastinate on many assignments due to lack of motivation. This lack of motivation typically leads me to listening to music on my phone. While this seems like another way to work on projects, it usually leads me to spacing out instead of working on the assignments. I tend to have different audios for what I want the spacing out session to be, and usually pair it with some sort of walking.
However, this procrastination is making me smarter in a separate field unrelated to the topic I work on. When I scroll through videos, I typically find very educational videos. Whether it be something about how to make a convincing story or how to what contributes to much better graphics. These things contribute to how I can possibly make a better video game, which is the field I plan to go into. I also try to stay updated with the industry. This includes some of the major releases and other events like
The Game Awards. This information gathering allows me to modify the type of game I wish to release by tweaking it with things that the community likes. Many fan interactions can fuel game direction and can build a small video game even without releasing the game. While this behavior is not healthy, it does make me ever more well-rounded.
While I do think that technology has made humans much more dependent on it, I think with enough time, it can properly integrate itself into society. Humans are incredible when it comes to adapting to the environment around them. If we adapt as society builds newer and better technologies, we could live in a safer world. Many databases for storing information have already started to be implemented. Bluetooth allows you to talk while doing something else, like focusing on a game. There are a multitude of different can advance to fit society.
My family also has a slightly unhealthy addiction to technology. However, their problem is much more rooted in different social media platforms. They often use it to unwind or just mindless scrolling. It has gotten to a point where they send me things I cannot view because of a disconnect of social media platforms. My brother often plays video games with his friends and searches up playthroughs for the games he doesn’t play.
However, like everything else, it is a double-edged sword. Many business promotions are done through my mom’s social media account, she even uses online shopping to. My brother also finds different gaming communities within the games. While their usage of technology is healthier than mine, it is not that they don’t use it.
One thing that I found about searching up my online footprint is that the only thing that comes up is this blog. While this helps with people trying to snatch my identity, this will ultimately hurt me in the long run. This will lead me to losing many job opportunities to people that establish themselves well.
