Enhancing Creativity with Technology

With the help of new inventions, we’ve seen the scenery that was captured by drones, devices that can talk to you, cars that drive themselves, and much more. In very daily time, we’ve been used to use Social Media to accomplish our regular communications, use computers and tablets to entertain ourselves, spend our time on phones and so on. These were all that technology has brought to our life. They seemed to be very impressive when we first encountered these mind-blowing inventions. As time goes by, the technological inventions affect our lives both positively and negatively. Technology, therefore, has not negatively affected creativity but it has positively affected the creativity of today’s generation, and it will still impact the future generations to be more creative.

The availability of recent technology means to build or to advance the technology will require the next generation, to be more creative which is positive in that it will create a need for creativity which has to take effect making people more creative. Without the availability of technology, the generation would be still going through the analog ways of life which were not only dull but repetitive and hence required not much creative. The presence of advanced creative community leads to boredom, through its use, hence the need for more leading and exciting advancements. When we are used to something for long, it becomes tiresome to us hence the need to search for a more exciting venture. A task which required a whole hour to complete can now take a few minutes; this makes it possible for one to get more creative in other things in the span of one hour as they have got more free time after handling the task at hand.

The use of technology can directly enhance creativity, leading to the future of creativity. When people get creative and build their innovative features in a particular field, for instance in hospital equipment; It means that the task is complete. There will be no need to repeat it as someone else already came up with it. It leaves a room for the next people wanting to get creative on the same idea to go beyond the original design which means the future is possible as the next plan will be a continuation or refinement of the first one hence creating the future and making advancements in it. The world has become lazy, and this has been due to technology. Cooking a meal which would have required little creativity to make it unique has to follow the recipes which are available online, and they avoid using their minds to think on the task.

Technology makes people avoid creative real-time talks, tasks, and exposure to the real world which enhances creativity. The world is staring on screens, and no one wants to go out and be in real life situations. Arguments and talks take place through the phone and computer screens which makes people not creative as the talk over the screen make one take their time and think on what to say, real-time discussion on one on one makes one creative as they interact with each other. Conclusion In conclusion, technology advancements may not only have positive effects on creativity, through the use of technology, I believe the world has woken up to be more creative. The social media may change people’s opinion on how they look at things for instance but with the advice at hand; they will refine on it with creativity to get it better than the starters of the idea, this is creativity enhancement as they may not be creative in the first place, were it not for the opinion.

The opinion of others even in the real world can influence us not just through the use of technology. Bearing in mind that the person receiving the idea may not be in the same situation as the giver of the opinion, it makes them want to follow the advice but with the use of what is available to them and hence they will have to be more creative to make it fulfill the opinion, meaning creativity enhancement. Technology also gives people a chance for better creativity concerning what’s next, the use of technology gets boring along the way, and they will want to make it better to keep it thrilling, meaning that they will have to be creative than those who started the idea, enhancing creativity the more.

XAbMKdszbDc Narrow mindedness is creeping in with times as the technology is advancing. The articles explain that a study carried out by Kyun Hee Kim, a creativity researcher from the College of William and Mary. That is the recent time among American children; creativity has decreased compared to the past times to be exact 1970 where the research involved 300,000 tests about creativity. From her article, Rachael Rettner explains that in recent times, technology has improved and the kids seem to be more inclined to video games and other technology amazements leaving no time for play and pretense. In the claim, pretense enhances the creativity of a kid. When the mind is bored, it tries to improvise ways to entertain itself naturally leading to creativity.

In recent times, we have traded boredom for overload, when one is bored, they turn to their phones to check the emails, check the social media as well as play games. The technology advancements have led to people losing their point of view as they have influenced by technology. DiGiulio, Sarah. "Your Smartphone is Changing Human Race in Suprising Ways. The book explains how technology has affected and is changing the different settings of the culture as well as creativity. It also critics the technological change in the world and the advancement of the same in the ways the creativity is affected and the way cultures changes. Technology is a good move for it makes life easier and more comfortable but it does not enhance creativity, and if not used in the right direction, it will lead to a non-creative culture as well as loss of the ways of the community and learning.