Humans don't like change, and when we are shoved out of our comfort zones we act like it's the end of the world. Let me give an example: Facebook. How many times has Facebook changed their layout? Each and every time, without fail, there is a massive uproar. I've never heard anyone in the first week say: "Oh, I like the new design." We hate change. Within a week or two (for the more resistant Facebookers) people settle down and soon that layout becomes the norm until they do another layout change.
This isn't just portrayed in social media, either. As we read in Pencils to Pixels, people have always resisted change in technology. Pencils... typewriter... telegraph... Even Socrates was opposed to then notion of moving speech to paper because he thought it would make us dumber. Sound familiar?
This does, however bring up an interest question. Do we become accustomed to change because we have no other choice? We accept Facebook's newest layout because we have no other choice. We can't stop the universal shift toward the internet.
What do you think, if we had a choice to leave things the same, would we? Or would we realize that change might not be so bad once we get the hang of how to navigate and use it properly?
I really think it depends on the change that is occurring. I do think that sometimes we should resist it but we don't, because we don't think we can. But sometimes this change is good, and we simply don't like it because we aren't accustomed to it. I can see why changes on Facebook and YouTube could be irritating, simply because they tweak things to make them harder to use or make unnecessary changes, but fail to fix the persistent glitches that occur on these sites. Sometimes it seems like they're changing things just for the sake of changing them, and not to make a real improvement.
ReplyDeleteI really think it depends on the change that is occurring. I do think that sometimes we should resist it but we don't, because we don't think we can. But sometimes this change is good, and we simply don't like it because we aren't accustomed to it. I can see why changes on Facebook and YouTube could be irritating, simply because they tweak things to make them harder to use or make unnecessary changes, but fail to fix the persistent glitches that occur on these sites. Sometimes it seems like they're changing things just for the sake of changing them, and not to make a real improvement.
ReplyDeleteI really think it depends on the change that is occurring. I do think that sometimes we should resist it but we don't, because we don't think we can. But sometimes this change is good, and we simply don't like it because we aren't accustomed to it. I can see why changes on Facebook and YouTube could be irritating, simply because they tweak things to make them harder to use or make unnecessary changes, but fail to fix the persistent glitches that occur on these sites. Sometimes it seems like they're changing things just for the sake of changing them, and not to make a real improvement.
ReplyDeleteI really think it depends on the change that is occurring. I do think that sometimes we should resist it but we don't, because we don't think we can. But sometimes this change is good, and we simply don't like it because we aren't accustomed to it. I can see why changes on Facebook and YouTube could be irritating, simply because they tweak things to make them harder to use or make unnecessary changes, but fail to fix the persistent glitches that occur on these sites. Sometimes it seems like they're changing things just for the sake of changing them, and not to make a real improvement.
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