"Attached to Technology and Paying a Price" ...is it ironic that we, as a class, were told to respond to this via blog? While many of us have up other browsers, tabs, itunes, and cell phones close at hand?
"This is your brain on computers." - LOL, yes, ironic.
In this article it says that technology is rewiring our brains, and as we said in class, I think that can be aimed at the general population but also individualized. For every person that becomes obsessed, over-stressed, and overly dependent on technology there is a person that isn't. Where in this article do we hear about those people? The ones that know how to walk away from technology and focus? Or even in that case, the ones that need technology, such as music or tv noise, to focus?
"The bottom line is, the brain is wired to adapt," said Steven Yantis. This is something I have to agree with. We, as humans, were made to adapt, so why wouldn't our brains - the control system to the rest of us - have that same ability.
Also, there was something I picked up on while reading this: Kord Campbell and Eyal Ophir, both people who are over-stressed by technology, notice that they were there for the beginning of it. Hence they saw it come about, and saw everything being added on and all the new changes. Unlike younger people of today who have grown up with technology. My niece, for instance, first book she got read itself.
I think that there is still a balance, and just because people fear what may come along with technological progression doesn't mean we should stop the brains of technologists.
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