Blog 1

When people today think of technology we think of computers, dvd players, ipods, and an array of complicated machinery that allow us to explore new things and give us a sense of entertainment. You think of complex tools that help us accomplish many tasks. No one thinks of the alphabet or books. However they are probably the most basic and helpful technology of all that are completely overlooked and in some ways taken for granted.
We are taught the alphabet when we are toddlers. We use words when very young not really understanding how we know the words and how we learn to automatically communicate. We don't think of how difficult it would be to communicate to each other without a common alphabet that forms the language that we use. If we didn't have words how would we tell each other what we were thinking and how we feel at any given time? If the people who lived before us didn't come up with the technology of their time, a way to communicate and tell stories, how would we be able to communicate and to have come up with all of the technology we have today? All the philosophers and forefathers and people of the past have paved the way for our future and the world that we live in today.