History of Graphic Design: Technology, Science and Me

What are Technology, Science, Reflexivity and Technicism?

Some words, I won't lie, I have never heard of them before, but once I have to research and write on how they affect my life, I looked them up. Frankly, the last two words got me in a ‘what the…?’ moment, so I had to look them up. In knowing what Technology and Science are, I had to find out what the other two were and how they would affect my day-to-day life. After researching I found out that Technicism is a belief that technology can help make human life better. And Reflexivity is the idea that my thoughts as a person can be or are inherently biased. Science, on the other hand is, the understanding of the world around us through research and analysis. And Technology is the use of science to solve the problems of life by inventing ways of simplifying life for humanity.

My day-to-day life is relatively normal, in my books but some people may differ on that. That said science and technology are a major part of my life as they help me with everything I do.

This is how my day starts out: Wake up at 5am because my Tablet’s alarm goes off then. Then I am irritated because I was woken up from a great dream, not a morning person clearly. I look at my schedule for the day, and sigh if I have to go to business management, completely draining.

By 6:30 I am done and ready to leave, I just have to make a cup of coffee. Remembering I need my glasses I get them and go make my coffee. My blackberry starts ringing and I answer getting a call from my mom, who just wanted to say good morning. Emails start rushing in as soon as I turn on the data on my blackberry. Putting on my headsets I turn on my music and listen to my favourite morning song ‘Try’ by P!nk. As I head to the pick up point, to wait for my uncle to take me to school I play games on my Samsung and chat with my cousins abroad, time-zones are painful.

I use the tablet to do research and look at assignment at school, while my blackberry sits silently in my bag receiving emails constantly. After a long day I sit on my bed and read a few manga (comic) pages and take nap, then start working on the things I need to do for school tomorrow. My day is normal just with a few gadgets and gizmos to help me out along the way. And with that my day has to start again with all the technological advances that my world has to offer.