Category Archives: the Cons of Modern Day Technological Advances
The Lucky One Who Managed to Stray
Blessed, to have a second chance here, translated… I’d loved the works of Chong-Dan Liang very much, I’d felt, that strong connection with her writings, especially as I read the article, “Breaking Away from the Controls of the Digital Era”, … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences of Life, Inconveniences Brought on by Modern-Day Technologies, Lessons of Life, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, the Cons of Modern Day Technological Advances, the Consequences of Life, the Learning Process, the Process of Life, The Trials of Life, Values of Life
Tagged a Change of Lifestyle
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Social Media Addiction — Finding Purpose
We now carry our social worlds in our pocket. Our friend-lists are paper-trails of past acquaintances, giving us a little window to voyeuristically peer into their lives, casually connect, or rekindle a friendship. Paradoxically, we can be alone, yet profoundly … Continue reading
Getting Off My Addiction on Technologies
Changing that came gradually, taking up a BRAND NEW method of living here, even if it’s just, for a day or two, translated… This article was written down, stroke, by stroke, on the torn off pages of a daily calendar … Continue reading
Reading Online Only Using the “Kudos” Buttons, the Depth and Width of Reading is Reduced Greatly
Another DOWNSIDE to the inventions of modern day technologies such as FB, Twitter, or whatever OTHER social networking forums are available out there, from the Newspapers, translated… The Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA, was an international investigative program set … Continue reading
Posted in Aiding to the Problems of Modern-Day Illiteracy, Education, Lessons of Life, Methods of Education, Instructional Technologies, Philosophies of Life, Problems in Education Today, the Cons of Modern Day Technological Advances, the Consequences of Life, the Learning Process, the Process of Life, Values of Life
Tagged Students Lacking the Competitive Edge
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A World of Emoticons…
It’s official, we’d entered, the AGE of SYMBOLS here!!! We live in, a world of emoticons, where our feelings are expressed by those pictures on the screens, those icons that are downloadable onto our cell phones, which we used in … Continue reading
Posted in Beliefs, Experiences of Life, Losses & Gains, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Ranting About Life, the Cons of Modern Day Technological Advances, the Consequences of Life, The Growing Reliance on Visual Inputs in the 21st Century, Values of Life
Tagged No Need for Verbal Communications, Technologies that Changed How We Relate to One Another
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Greetings
Translated… That day, I’d bumped into a middle-aged woman from upstairs, she looked very kind. After a simple hello, I thought, she will ask me about what year I’m in. Naturally, as the elevator doors closed, she’d smiled and asked, … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences of Life, Inconveniences Brought on by Modern-Day Technologies, Modern Day Interactions, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Ranting About Life, the Cons of Modern Day Technological Advances, the Process of Life, Values of Life
Tagged Observations Made from Life
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Updates…
You know, those STUPID things that URGES (or DEMANDS, however you see it is fine by me) to get “up to speed”, with your systems and such, like on your operating systems on the computers? Why the HELL would I … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences of Life, Inconveniences Brought on by Modern-Day Technologies, Kidnapped by Technologies, Properties of Life, Ranting About Life, the Cons of Modern Day Technological Advances, the Consequences of Life, the Process of Life
Tagged Periodical Updates, System Updates
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Tracking Down the Pokémons, Seeking Out the Dreams, on Parent-Child Interactions
Following the trend here, translated… Awhile ago, Pokemon Go became available for download here in Taiwan, making my daughter, who usually sleeps in during the summers, at her older brother’s hollering, hopped out of bed. It’s fine, that just the … Continue reading
The Price of Catching Pokémons, Your Youth
Written by an economics professor here, from the Front Page Sections, translated… Since the cell phone game app of Pokémon Go became available for download here in Taiwan, everybody here is getting very much into it. Recently, nearly a thousand … Continue reading
Life, the Obstacle Course 