What is technology?

In today’s time and age, technology is an incredibly large part of our lives, and we cannot possibly imagine the world as it is today without any of it. As our technology becomes more and more advanced with every day that passes, it gets increasingly harder to draw the line between humans’ lives related to the natural world and the technology that assists us in living. I feel that in order to make sense of technology’s role in our lives and its progress throughout history, the question of discerning what counts as technology is significant towards our understanding of the subject. It believe that it should be no question at all concerning why we rely on technology; it makes our lives easier and it helps us further comprehend our world and the universe around us. With that said, over the past century there have been countless numbers of new electronic devices and forms of entertainment that have seamlessly integrated with our everyday tasks, and it is almost impossible to imagine the present world without them. How much of it is so important, though, that people think they cannot live without it? In order to find what is actually technology, we must ask ourselves what is helping us and what is holding us back from the things that really matter in life? Also, what will be the price, if any, for our steadily advancing technology? Perhaps it will be our environment or our freedom, as in 1984. Only time will tell.