what does it mean?

Watching that video was truly surprising. In a way it scares me to think how we are preparing for a future that we are still not 100% sure of. The statistic that stated that we were educating students for jobs that do not even exist yet truly baffles me [1]. I think the video was put out for everyone to take a step back and realize that we really need to start to prepare for the future better. It made me realize that America is not as big and as superior in technology as I thought before I watched the video. The shows great examples of how technology has changed over the years. For example, couples meet each other over the internet, Myspace has become a huge hit with over 200 million people signed up for the web page with the extremely interesting fact that if Myspace were its own country, it would be the 5th largest in the world [1]!!! Google has become increasingly important to many people as it has grown in the past 3 years, with an increase of searches to 31 billion, every month. What this video means, is that as the world gets bigger, with the huge amount of people that are coming into the world daily, we have to make a place in the world, as it will get more competitive for everyone to get a job in the future. We really should not specialize in one specific field, only to see what new kinds of jobs will be created in the near future. What would happen if we spent so many years in schooling to become specialized in one field, with only knowledge for that topic, and it is replaced with new technology? We are growing closer and closer to a future where we solely depend more and more on technology. How many of us can go without our cell phones, I-pods, or computers for a week? I know I certainly cannot. On a daily basis, we rely on technology to get us through the day. This is good and bad. It is bad because we are depending less and less on our common knowledge and imagination, and rely on computers and technology to do reports, retain information, and entertain us. Technology is certainly a great thing for everyone all over the world, we have solved so many problems, and helped so many people with technology, but we have also started to become "brain dead" almost. There are 31 billion searches on Google a month. What happened to the encyclopedia? Or going to the library to retain information through books? The video raised the great question, how did we function B.G (Before Google). It truly scares me, that although technology is great, we also are loosing our sense of humanity almost. We are not thinking for ourselves a lot of the time, we have to computer do that for us. Have a question? Text Cha- Cha. A Google-type device that you can text from your cell phone and receive an answer. I think that this is great, and at the same time, once again brings up my point of not being able to figure things out on our own.

Did You Know? 3.0. YouTube.com, 8 Apr. 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmwZ96_Gos.