Computers have benefited society in a myriad of ways.
At first, decades ago, those geniuses who invented
and modified the original computers had something
extremely intriguing and very constructive to do
with their considerable talents. Man had been
creating machines that were vaguely similar to
computers for a long time but tabulating machines
used during the 1890 census brought man and society
closer to the computer age. The incredible company that
manufactured those clever creatures later became IBM.
The first modern computer was born in Germany in 1941.
That creation truly began the Era of Computers. As
time passed by, computers slithered into all aspects
of society.
Computers, for the moderately wealthy and wealthy,
became status symbols. Back in 1984, my ex-boyfriend
proudly showed me his personal computer. Our
high school had a small computer club back in 1974-75.
I really wasn’t even aware that it existed until
much later when I thumbed through my old yearbooks.
While I was still in high school, my older brother
went to a technical school. He learned how to repair
computers. I was fascinated that he was able to
fix those gigantic gadgets with relative ease. He
seemed to know everything about computers. I knew
nothing about them. Computers definitely benefited
a particular segment of society, because many new
jobs were opened up for people like my brother who
had a gift for tinkering with machinery.
When I started working retail in 1986, we had a bridal
registry. I had to learn how to manipulate that alien
creature: the computer. Then nine years later, I had
a computer in my house. My ex-husband was obsessed with
computers. He certainly wasn’t the only person in the
world to pursue such an electronic hobby.
Our family spent hours on the computer. I’d teach all
day, rush through my chores and wait for my turn on
the computer. I looked up old friends and family members.
I started posting my poetry on various sites. My sons
began using the computer to research information for
homework projects. They played educational games on
the computer and they also enjoyed a wide variety of
other computer games.
Within two years of acquiring the first computer, all
four of us had our own computers. That’s how important
they’d become to our family. I started keeping an
electronic journal in March of 1999. It holds a wealth
of personal and professional information. On occasions,
I tend to be a forgetful person so I love my computer
because I’ve never misplaced it nor any of my files.
I’d often misplaced hard bound journals, binders
and notebooks in the past.
International commerce would never expanded to today’s
levels without the benefit of computers and internet
providers. Our educational systems could not function
quite as efficiently without computers either. Our
military and our government depend on computers.
Society depends on computers. I can still recall the
great “panic” regarding the Y2K scare of 1999. Luckily,
no catastrophic results ever materialized.
Computers have benefited society. Nearly everyone from
toddlers to seniors have been impacted by computers.
Even people who can’t afford their own can go to many
public libraries and use them for free. There are
probably isolated tribes and primitive societies around
the world who have been bypassed by this electronic age
or who have chosen to forgo the use of computers. But
most of us have become so accustomed to computers and so
spoiled by them…we can not possibly function without
them for more than a very short spell.