Over the course of the past 2,000 years, an immeasurable number of technological innovations have been established, and all of them impacted society in one way or another. However, impacting society and revolutionizing society are vastly different things. For something to be “revolutionary” it must cause a significant change to society. A revolutionary invention should drastically change various aspects of society such as culture, religion, social interaction, and a few more, but the main thing a revolutionary invention does is alter the way humans go about their daily lives. Therefore, out of the hundreds of computational inventions that have been created, the smartphone has been the most revolutionary. Smartphones have reshaped how humans communicate, interact, and obtain information.
The invention of the smartphone has greatly affected how humans go throughout their lives. As being a result of the telephone, the smartphone allows for people to communicate and connect in ways that were unimaginable a few decades ago. With smartphones, people are able to connect with people not only audibly, but visually and virtually as well. This interconnectedness put in place by smartphones, has changed everything from education to healthcare to even human interaction.
Human behavior is influenced by outside forces, and smartphones are one of the many things that affect it. Smartphones have started a sort of epidemic throughout the world. More and more scientists are talking about phone addiction and how it is changing not just our way of life but how we act. Since the development of smartphones, there has been a shift in overall human behavior. It is common today for people to be antisocial and take safety in their screens and despite the ability to communicate easier with the use of smartphones, people still are not able to interact in person.
Smartphones provide knowledge. With a smartphone, anyone can have access to an infinite cache of information at the click of a button. Smartphones have revolutionized the speed at which humans are able to gather information. Almost any question can be answered almost instantly which makes up the reality of our society. Anyone can learn anything. People no longer have to put in nearly as much effort in order to find the answer to a question or become a master at a skill. Smartphones have forever altered human behavior and the society in which we live.
Paige Rosynek 