Why Do People Take Technology For Granted

Technology has advanced a long way in the last 100 years. Several devices have become easier to use or have become more efficient at what they do or how they do it. Some people say that we take this technology for granted and should be more satisfied with what we have, but in general, people are still unsatisfied. This dissatisfaction and desire for more has fueled the development and advancement of the technologies we have today. People should take technology for granted and have high expectations for it.

While taking technology for granted means that people will have less appreciation for it, people have always had this mindset. Hundreds of years ago people took concepts like the earth being flat and the sun revolving around the earth for granted (Connol). People have always taken ideas and technologies for granted. Right now people know more than we ever have and have even more technology. This amount of information is like a baseline of what is expected by the current generations. The concept of taking what is available for granted hasn’t changed it has just grown to include more advanced technologies.

If people didn’t expect to have quality products that worked consistently manufactures would produce products that were unreliable. Consumers expect their new phones, cars, TVs, and so to work well and to do so consistently. This creates a level of expectations for manufacturers to meet in order to make their product appeal to consumers. This cycle of consumers setting expectations for what manufacturers produce has created a higher quality of products for