The first time I jumped a plane and cheated death floated successfully on the ground under a piece of cloth, I walked right into the wing of another aircraft. I was so pumped from the adrenaline rushing through my veins that I not only realize that the plane was in front of me, I did not know the wing gashed open my forehead.
I may have been ahead of my time; today people do these things distracted than ever through technology. Did you see online videos of people so engrossed in their phones as they walk in front of cars, falling into pools, or a trip down steps that they did not know existed? When most people think of the costs of technology, they think of financial costs, but there are other more subtle costs as well
Finance costs -. Some financial costs are easy to identify as they are costs that do not just exist for many people before the revolution in technology. Cable TV, Internet, and cell phone plans are all costs that previous generations did not have. Other costs are not as easily identifiable as they are simply built right into the product. Have you ever wondered how a car would cost if it was not loaded with technology
Opportunity Costs - More than likely, we have all experienced the inability to make a purchase when a store or lost power or Internet access.
Costs of training, I also left the stores after growing frustrated by the cashier does not seem to know how to work the register -. The awkward cashier also highlights the huge training costs that come with technology. Companies spend a lot of money training and retraining of employees each time a new piece of software comes out, or a new piece of technology is used
Privacy cost -. It seems that technology is now an end to privacy. People use applications such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to document their entire lives for the world to see. Some companies are now a lot of money on the collection of data you
costs time -. If you're not careful, technology can be a huge waste of time. Have you decided to go online for just a few minutes to check Facebook and find yourself jumping from news item to the new item? Suddenly, a few minutes turned into hours
physical costs -. All this technology is a major distraction. The videos mentioned above clumsy people might be funny, but there are also many accidents-texting while driving and even deaths are no laughing matter.
The technology is constantly evolving and we continue to do our best to adapt. What are some of the costs that you experienced while trying to maintain?
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