It Is Not All About Technology

Payam Dowlatyari
6 min readOct 26, 2019
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There is no dispute over the fact that the new form of technology such as social media has been playing a significant role in forming society’s constructs and shaping cultures over recent years. Although the impact of technology on society and culture has a much longer history. Having said that, one might wonder how much authority technology has in relation to developing society’s norms. Plus, it could be asked: is technology an abstract concept? What about society? Do technology and society exist in two separate worlds? Does technology control our lives directly? Arguably, technology exists as a medium that has been designed, created, shaped, evolved and more importantly adapted by society throughout history. Society itself is an essential factor in terms of its adaption with technology and the extent it is impacted by technological innovations. In fact, as society creates technology, technology can be used by people to reshape civilization.

Social media is probably one of the most widely used terms and has become an important part of our lifestyles. Therefore, there are various types of arguments around this topic either for or against the effects of such a technological phenomenon. Some suggest that social media can provide benefits more than its negative impacts, while others believe it has an inevitable destructive influence on people’s quality of living, and particularly, in terms of…

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Payam Dowlatyari
Payam Dowlatyari

Written by Payam Dowlatyari

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I am a software engineer, hobbyist photographer and blogger, and democratic socialist. Website: https://payamd.com/