The Future of Social Media

Where do we see ourselves heading with social media? Well in all seriousness it is impossible to see where we will end up. I mean people believed that we would be driving round in flying cars and would have robots catering to our every want and need by this particular time but that does not seem to be the case. There is no doubt that our social interactions are changing and with the ever increasing techonological advances it will only become more complex.

One main worry for me in the future is the fact that we may become too reliant on the technology that we possess especially with devices such as mobile phones. The introduction of the iPhone was a huge phenomenon and is no doubt a useful piece of technology however, after hearing about how addicted people are to their phones and how they beleive they can not live without them it does arise some concern as to how dependent we are on our portable hand devices. Now I'm not implying that we should get rid of all mobiles however I do feel that we need to take more control over our own lives and learn to focus on moderating our use of mobile phones. It amazes me how many times I have heard someone ask a question and the response be "look it up on your iPhone". Yes it is a convenient and fast way to get an answer but it is also reducing our capabilities with regards to other skills. For instance a friend of mine was unable to read a melway because he had become so use to relying on his GPS to tell him the way. This is just one example but does provide some food for thought with regards to the topic.

As expected technology will continue to advance. Mobiles will continue to attain more features and it will only be a matter of time before