Posted on 07/25/2010 8:14:49 PM PDT by Perdogg
Is the Internet making us stupid? Writer Nick Carr thinks the Net is forcing us to lose our contemplative brains for a distracted sampling of scanned bits of information. In the second half of the program, author and speaker Lee Crockett will discuss his books, Understanding the Digital Generation and Living on the Future Edge. Hosted by George Knapp.
(Excerpt) Read more at coasttocoastam.com ...
It was all downhill after calculators.
He asks this question on...Coast to Coast AM. Pot to kettle much?
Frankly.. I think I’ve learned a lot from the InternetS.
I would like to welcome our new slave masters, the ISP’s.
“Is the Internet making us stupid?”
Proof positive..Obambie the illegal immigrant Marxist got elected POTUS.
Huh?
Wait, what?
I think it all depends on how you use your time on the internet.
It’s amazing to me to see how much time some young people spend interacting with each other on the latest technology while having almost zero interest in the underlying basis of that technology. Not all, of course. I know there are plenty of young geeks and star warriors out there. But there are amazing number of zoned out texters who can’t think, can’t spell, can’t add, can’t reason, can’t do anything but shuffle text and images across the surface of their ever-handy cell phone in a never-ending quest to stay instantly and totally connected to a network of friends all has empty and vapid as themselves.
Meg Tilly before marriage:
Meg Tilly after marriage:
General warning:
It has caused me to become an avid reader, and I am learning history, and civics. Before internet I was interested in none of this. I am constantly learning something new on the computer/internet.
The old media elites won’t stop. They’ll fight the future until it becomes ancient history.
those that know binary and those that don't.
All those 0's and 1's are making me dizzy .......
ISP’s
InterWEbS Service Provider?
Television and public schools are doing a much worse job on us
Yes, I was kidding. I was pro-calculator then, and I’m pro-internet now. It’s a great boon, come what may.
Close enough.
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