Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a psychological theory that was proposed by a man the name Abraham Maslow, and this theory says that human needs can be organized into a hierarchy (hence the name), with lower level needs must be completed before higher level needs could even be addressed. The 5 levels of this hierarchy are psychological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. All 5 of these levels can relate to current experiences with technology, the first being psychological needs, and this can relate because things such as the internet and electronics directly impact our psychological needs such as sleep and hunger. The internet and electronics help us keep track of the food we’re eating and how much sleep we get, and even how we could make it better, so without technology, our psychological needs are being directly impacted. Next is our safety needs, which involve things such as security and stability from emotional and physical dangers. Technology now plays a key role in safety such as passwords, encryption, and antivirus software which directly helps us keep our data and personal information safe. The third level is love/belonging which means humans have a direct need for love and a sense of belonging. Things such as social media platforms allow us to keeps these senses of belonging and affection by being able to stay connected to our loved ones at any point or time in the world, and we can even meet new people we’d never be able to meet without technology. The fourth level is esteem needs such as sense of accomplishment and self-worth. Technology helps us get these needs by giving us educational platforms and apps that were able to learn and feel accomplished on, and back again to social media in which we use to express ourselves and interact with other people, in which we get validation through likes and comments, all benefitting our self esteem. The last level is self-actualization, in which we must realize our full potential and have big goals for ourselves and obtain a means to achieve them. Technology is able to help with this because it allows other people to talk about their experiences and allows us to gain their wisdom, making it much more possible that we can all achieve our dreams and goals, because we have more help on what to do.