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The rise of the technology of the computer is astounding. This is also true for the rapid and exponential growth in the ownership of computers. Back in 1983 there was only a small percentage of people whose households owned a computer. This number was only 7%.  In a span of about 20 years this number increased to about 44% of households now have a computer.  This is the same with the rise of the World Wide Web.  In the year 1994 only 35% of schools provided internet access inside their campuses. Now a complete 100% of schools in America provide internet access. That’s right, within a span of about 10-15 years every single school in the United States provides internet access.

Another stunning statistic is that fact that we are the first global generation. With major globalization changes, everyone is connected. This is done with a majority of the credit going into the World Wide Web. The internet has made a net of connectivity around the entire globe and it’s all thanks to this connectivity that we now live. With it can social networks and such where we can keep up to date with our friends and family members no matter where they are on the planet. This is the digital age of technology, where connectivity with anyone and everyone else is the priority. Digital technology is changing how we live. We wake up to surf the web for news and current events whereas before we read the morning newspaper or watch TV. As a matter of fact newspaper sales have diminished so drastically that most newspaper organizations have switched to online formats almost 100% and leaving only a miniscule amount o physical subscription based systems. Online is where we chat, hangout and socialize instead of face to face communication. We can now request movies to be played at our local theatre by voting online. This is creating a sort of online social unity, where anyone and everyone can be a part of a much larger community, an example would be the “like” system on Facebook. In the end, there seems to be no way of knowing where technology would end up because of how fast it is evolving, and all anyone can do is just to try to keep up with it, and hopefully, adapt to it.