Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and how it relates to my experiences with technology is that technology can give a false fulfillment of those needs. If I choose, I can go online and have people react to how I am feeling and what I am thinking, and the more people that agree with me, the more validated I feel or think. This can also warp me into thinking no matter what I think or feel, whether right or wrong, it’s okay to think that way or feel that way because people online say it’s okay. Technology is made to make people’s lives easier, and many people think it’s safe. It isn’t safe, and people who commit crimes believe they cannot get caught because they are online, giving them that false sense of security. If I have lots of online friends, it can make me feel like I belong and have lots of friends when in reality, I am alone every day on a computer, and I may never meet any of those online friends face to face. I learned that technology is good if I don’t let it rule my life. I grew up in a time when technology was rising before cell phones and social media. My first time playing a video game was on an Atari. Video games fulfilled my need for entertainment and still do to this day; that’s all technology fulfills for me, and they will never fill my personal needs, such as what’s listed in Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. Granted, a job in a field where I have to use that technology to make money will help me fulfill some of those needs, such as food, water, and safety, but the rest of those needs can only be achieved in person with real people face to face.