First of all, people describe technology as ever-changing. Today new innovations become obsolete fast. People have become increasingly competitive and every year, new year and technologies are released to challenge the ones in the market. In a few months, a piece of technology can be released to the market and almost immediately rival companies will as well release their. Technological ideas keep getting unleashed as the world becomes more involved in exploring and utilizing nature provides. Nothing seems to survive this fast paced world and unless one maintains the pace and moves with the wave, they get left behind.

Secondly, technology nowadays is improvement of efficiency. Efficiency simple denotes being effective or conducting oneself in a way that completely depicts one's input. Initially, efficiency was measured by how much work a person, or a group of people can do in a specific amount of time. However, the advent of technology and the improvement of the manual systems to automatic meant that more could be achieved with less people. With technological improvements getting churned out every day, people have managed to do a more work with a lot less effort. Companies have also been able to reduce cost of working which means that profits have increased significantly over the years. Employers employ less people and employees do a lot less for more money.

Technology nowadays also denotes speed. Currently, people are able to perform certain things with ease and faster than ever before. Daily business transactions are currently, done faster than ever before. With improvements in internet speeds, people have been able to converse and conduct meetings with their counterparts from different parts of the world. Transportation has also been improved and people can move from city at fast speeds. With the invention of bullet trains, people are being transported to their areas of occupation at great speed. Researchers have also made huge strides in their search for life away from Earth.

Social Networking is the part of technology. And, use of social networking sites has both positive and negative consequences. It is amazing how people could reconnect with their long-lost friends through a social website. With the help of mobile technology, we are able to talk to friends or family members living far from us. On the other hand, social networking has its negative consequences. With the use of internet, children are getting addicted to games. They are not talking to people and their physical activities are getting less. Children few years back, used to hold a coloring book, while nowadays they are holding a cell phones, I-pads, Tablets and etc..

Technology is like a coin which has both positive and negative sides. We are buyers of the technological products; we can choose when we use it or how to use it. If we use it in a good or positive way it will affect our lives positively, or the other way around. Technology should have positive impacts on the present and future generations.