In this "new" world, access to technology has made dating, in my opinion, a lot easier to do. People all over the world can easily start talking to each other using many things like social media. However, Aziz Ansari's article called Modern Romance discussed how the common use of technology in today's society has made dating a lot harder because people don't know what they should do face to face and what they can do over text. In this article, Aziz mentions a survey conducted in 2013 that asked Americans on Match.com how they would ask someone out on a first date. For asking over text, there were only 8% of people over 30 while there were 32% of people under 30 showing how much of an effect smartphones have had on the younger generation. Aziz discussed the complications that this produced, such as lack of confidence and just overall just becoming more dependent on technology. I refused to believe that the lack of courage to ask someone out face to face was the only thing that caused a significant shift to relying on text messages, so I pondered on all the possible ideas that could do this. I came to the conclusion that text messages are a really efficient and effective way of communicating with others most of the time. Anyone can text someone else at their own convenience and that other person can also respond at their own convenience. This also gives each of the time to think how to respond to other person's message, while asking over the phone or face to face might actually create awkward gaps between the conversation. This same concept also easily applies to social media and if anything, being able to use technology can easily create more self confidence. Anyone can easily ask someone else and even if they get rejected, it's really easy to meet new people on the internet and keep trying. In the end, someone could become confident just because of repeated trial and error about what to do over technology and what to do face to face. In the end, the use of technology is actually very beneficial and actually helps people with their relationships.
