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Television. Something that has revolutionized our society in how we view and obtain information, not only locally but worldwide. Whether it be politics, sports, news, or even the most popular youtube videos, the television network is capable of bringing us anything we could ever want to watch.

Before television existed, the morning routine consisted of breakfast, a cup of coffee and the morning newspaper, and to be honest, I wish this was still a common routine. We have moved away from reading as a whole. We want our information spoon fed to us while laying comfortably on the sofa (which I admit is sometimes the best way).


Many people blame our generation for being the reason for the common laziness that lies among society today, but I don't entirely believe we are to blame. It's not our fault we were born into an already thriving technological environment. We simply took it and ran with it, going above and beyond what anyone could have imagined when television first became a reality.

The screens are only getting bigger while the sides are getting thinner. Thousands of channels are available on satellite TV...Who the hell needs a thousand channels? When this technology was first introduced, one channel was more than enough to amaze people. It was a privilege to own a television, not to have one in every room as many of us do today.


As these technologies become better and better, we drift further and further away from our old ways of learning, which unfortunately I believe is hurting us. I'm as guilty as the next person, for I haven't read a book for fun in years (something that is a New Year's resolution of mine). Information has become so readily available to us, we have to go out of our way to enrich our minds the old fashioned way, which I think is the most efficient way as well.

With all of this negative talk about television, I do think there are many positives that it brings to society.

1) Political campaigns/races are able to be viewed by all
2) Sporting events are aired across the country, allowing fans to keep up with teams even thousands of miles away
3) Breaking news and weather reports
4) Your favorite shows at the press of a button

Television is an amazing technology. We can learn, laugh, and experience things we never could have before. Yes, there may be too much 'fluff' or random nonsense scattered through the network, but therein lie many shows, programs and news casts that are of great value to all of us. If you can find a good balance, television can be a wonderful resource of information and recreation.

Apple iWatch, useful or simply a fad?

At first when the idea of the iWatch came out, I wasn't on the bandwagon. I didn't see the usefulness in a watch you can use as your phone. Our smartphones already do the same functions and have screens that are only increasing in size, so why make a touch screen even smaller and more difficult to use?

I thought they were simply the "next cool thing" to have, not a tool that would further increase our use of technology than the smartphone already has done for us. We have so many gadgets and tools in our world today that this seemed to be just another one to add with no true purpose besides being "cool".


I will admit, the phone/watch combo is indeed intriguing, as shown in all secret agent movies. I think it is a cool idea, but I don't ever seeing myself owning one.

As more and more news has come out about these iWatches, I've grown more attracted to them. For one, the amount of different styles is impressive. I never imagined the variety from sport to luxury, and from what the website shows, these watches look up to par with any other luxury brand out there.

To add on, the new fitness apps are changing the game. More and more people are wearing Nike fuel bands and other similar products that track mileage, heart rate, etc. These iWatches in fact have similar technology in them which would knock all similar products significantly down once it's released. The entire combo of smartphone, luxury/sport watch, fitness band and even more technological advances makes this product a high demand for society.

My curiosity in these iWatches has definitely heightened with more and more information that has been let out, so I think that eventually I'll fully come around and, just maybe, wear one for myself.