Here's what's cool...
Summing up, the cloud allows for a simpler experience for the user. Its convenience presents users with the ability to upload their emails, pictures, and other important files onto the cloud. Cloud computing is cost-effective for both users and companies. Users need only buy a simple computer terminal, as a sophisticated look and hard drive are unnecessary; the cloud provides a standard level of performance to everyone. Therefore, social competition and materialism are reduced among people. Cloud computing is also cost-effective for companies because they can easily save all of their files in a safe location and do not have to worry about paying for hardware for every new computer. The streamlined hardware that the cloud provides runs better and has fewer problems, allowing the computers, their users, and ultimately the company to work more efficiently.
The idea of reduced materialism, along with easy usage, provides mental relief for users. This mental relief can reduce stress and allow for unabated mental growth and development. The wealth of information provided by the cloud makes us more efficient thinkers and data miners. Information floating around in our brains no longer bogs us down; we can resource the cloud whenever data is needed.
And what's not cool...
In summary, the Cloud comes with about as many negatives as it does positives. Because of it's appeal for being user friendly, many of it's users are those who do not know as much about technology. Due to that, safety and privacy can become an issue. By putting all of one's important information, pictures, and private things on to a backup site, he or she is running the risk of having that information hacked or exposed to the public. Furthermore, even tech-savvy users are not safe from hackers. Secondly, as the world turns paperless, especially with help from the Cloud, businesses such as libraries and IT labs will suffer from hurt business. Third, Cloud makes people's lives much less private. The Cloud is just the stepladder to make the world more dependent on technology. People will have the tendency to re-route their days to stay connected to in the internet to back-up their latest pictures and documents to their Cloud.
Regarding human development, the Cloud will hurt children's recognition of property owning. If data and pictures are always saved to a cloud and not tangibly owned, children will have a hard time understanding ownership as their brain's develop. Secondly, as society become more reliant on digital means to back up their information and lives, the necessity for memory will not be as strong. Since our brains have plasticity, we need to keep our brains adapting and growing in a more analytical, stronger way. The Cloud will digress that growth by aiding users in memory loss and reliance on technology.
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