Re: Smart phones = Dumb people
Posted: Aug 13th, 2017, 9:35 am
[quote="Poindexter"]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtKU2ef_S4
Is the proliferation social media and constant web connection benefiting or hurting us?
When is the last time you made an effort to memorize a phone number?
Are we raising a generation of social idiots?
Or does writing your thoughts by posting them cause you to realize the gaps in your opinions, forcing you to research and form a more thoughtful response, make us more enlightened?
Or does the ability to communicate with like minded people who may be just as wrong as you only entrench ignorance?
Thoughts.[/quote]
Some good questions raised. Although there are many angles to address these varies questions I am just going to comment by saying it is very important for all people to exercise there brain on a regular basis,,that is to work at solving a problem,,issue,,riddle,,,assembling something. If the time saved by all the tech advances we've found ourselves with in the last say 25yrs is being used to do things that contribute to you exercising your brain,,"great". I strongly suspect that a lot of that time is not utilized to further are intellectual, emotional, social, educational, physical, mental and common sense well-being. Myself being guilty of all of those things a lot of the time,,,but at least being aware of this and putting at least some effort in to off setting the lazy brain syndrome is better then doing nothing.
Is the proliferation social media and constant web connection benefiting or hurting us?
When is the last time you made an effort to memorize a phone number?
Are we raising a generation of social idiots?
Or does writing your thoughts by posting them cause you to realize the gaps in your opinions, forcing you to research and form a more thoughtful response, make us more enlightened?
Or does the ability to communicate with like minded people who may be just as wrong as you only entrench ignorance?
Thoughts.[/quote]
Some good questions raised. Although there are many angles to address these varies questions I am just going to comment by saying it is very important for all people to exercise there brain on a regular basis,,that is to work at solving a problem,,issue,,riddle,,,assembling something. If the time saved by all the tech advances we've found ourselves with in the last say 25yrs is being used to do things that contribute to you exercising your brain,,"great". I strongly suspect that a lot of that time is not utilized to further are intellectual, emotional, social, educational, physical, mental and common sense well-being. Myself being guilty of all of those things a lot of the time,,,but at least being aware of this and putting at least some effort in to off setting the lazy brain syndrome is better then doing nothing.