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Monday, November 23, 2009
Chapter 10 " Is google making us stupid?"
This article was a little overwhelming when I first started reading it, I was almost in denial about the internet... Almost. : ) Ok ok I was totally in denial, but who is to blame me it is quite scary to think about technology this way. Pretty much this article is saying that all the internet surfing is giving human beings a sort of ADD with important reading materials. This scared me because I love to read more than anything else on this earth. Reading transports the mind to the most incredible imaginary scenes. To think that when we read we can teach ourselves anything in this world because our brain retains so much more than anyone could have imagined. To think that the internet is slowly taking this away from us is the worst conceivable thought. I hope that before anyone loses their ability to read long books, that they train their brains to keep focused and clear. This article seemed to be full of real facts and was biased because the article was proving something rather large and scary to the world of technology. It truly is scary how far we have gone in this century.
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Maya,
ReplyDeleteI am on the same page as you as i knew the internet is a huge resource but had no idea it can actually shape the way we think. It makes sense when you think about it, but what worries me is how impatient and A.D.D prone we are becoming as a society. I see this often in the way people drive, i try and be safe as i usually have my son in the car but that does not stop other people from racing by and zig zagging through traffic, i mean what is the rush people!? What cracks me up is when we all end up side by side at the next stop light.
I agree the Internet contributes to our becoming ADD in regards to reading, but as you said the brain can retain so much I guess it can work the other way too. If we don't use it we lose it. So if we don't concentrate on concentrating we encourage our brain to wander and not stay focused. I think we have trained our brains to wander when we are on the Internet because we jump from web site to web site.
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