My popular culture topic of “Will e-readers (Kindles,
Smartphones, etc.) eventually replace the traditional paper book?” applies to
the theories of both convention and invention in the field of technological formulas.
The convention formula is that technology brings fantastic changes to our
society, and the invention formula, is that the e-reader is a unique type of
technology.
Technology brings about a whole world of new ideas. Each new
idea follows the convention formula in that technological advances usually make
our lives easier. The cell phone helps us to communicate with one another
easier. The dishwasher washes our dishes for us. The internet provides us with
all the information we can handle at our fingertips. Software is continually
developed that makes jobs easier to perform. I could go on and on. In keeping
with my popular culture of e-readers, who would have imagined a device that can
hold a lot of books and be as light as one single book? This technological
advance makes carrying books so much easier especially if you are a college
student. No more cumbersome backpacks that are loaded down with textbooks. One
device can hold them all and it’s even smaller than a book. If you get an ipad,
you can even leave your computer at home as well.
The e-reader also follows the invention formula which is that it
has its own unique variation of a technological advance. Before the e-reader,
there were digital books that you could download on your computer but how
cumbersome that is to read if you are going somewhere. The e-reader was
developed specifically to have a number of books assessable at all times no
matter where you were. It also has a backlight so you can read wherever you are
as well.
The insights I gained from applying formulas to my topic, is that
with each new technological advance that affects my life, I can apply the
convention formula to it to see if it truly makes my life easier. At the same
time, I can apply the invention formula to it as well, to pick out its unique
characteristics in our ever increasing technological world.
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