Posted on 05/30/2011 8:58:22 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
Like tens of millions of others, US technology writer Nicholas Carr found the lure of the worldwide web hard to resist -- until he noticed it was getting harder and harder to concentrate.
He set out his concerns in a celebrated essay headlined "Is Google making us stupid?"
And his latest book "The Shallows" explores in depth what he fears the Internet is doing to our brains.
"The seductions of technology are hard to resist," Carr acknowledges in that book, which has sold an estimated 50,000 hardback copies in the United States alone. But he thinks it's time to start trying.
In a speech at last week's Seoul Digital Forum and an interview with AFP, Carr restated his concerns that IT is affecting the way people think and feel and even the physical make-up of their brains.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
One of the greatest success of the internet is that it revealed the Usurper of the US.
I don’t see that as a reason to publish another book of misdirection.
Leo Laporte, radio tech guy, calls my HTC Evo 4G a great small computer that happens to have a cell phone built in.
So many features and capabilities, so little time.
Old Chinese proverb:
“Today’s problems were often yesterdays solutions.”
Totally false. In fact, the most recent cognitive research suggests that the brain stores information based on "connections"... the more connections between certain bits of information, the more easily you can recall some or all of them. Emotional connections can also serve an important role as well.
So, the more you know (and the more you understand how it all fits together), the easier it is to retrieve it...
Count on it.
I've been at this for 35 years and I've seen what technology does to people. Back during the Internet bubble, vested employees couldn't take their eyes off the computer displays long enough to run their companies or do their jobs. It was frustrating to deal with them.
Now that content has exploded, there are many avenues of distraction. Unlike other fads, this one is likely a permanent part of the landscape.
Adult onset ADHD, I'd like to call it.
Not exactly. You didn’t read it right. I said “somewhat.”
In fact the more data your brain holds the longer it takes to retrieve it.
That is what I said.
That is what I said.
I understand. That's what I am saying is wrong. It is not a matter of volume, but of organization. A brain with twice as much "in memory" can be twice as fast at recall, depending on how the information is connected in your brain. A brain with very little in it can struggle to recall disconnected facts. That's why brain organization is key...
Computer speed of retrieval is far superior to the human’s
That's what I'm talking about.
Tops it the computer
Next is the conservative
Next is the rocks
Last and certainly least
is the liberal.
“Old Chinese proverb:
“Today’s problems were often yesterdays solutions.””
Maybe that’s why they copy everybody elses products instead of creating their own! Lol !
It is easier and more predictable to copy others work than to create something from scratch. It is also more profitable.
X-Pat Chinese have a reputation for being sharp businessmen.
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