INTERNET MAKES US SMART OR MORE SILLY ?
When the internet became a tool for permanent
use in the human race?, I do not have the answer but only some dates and commentaries how internet
grew around the world
1990 The internet was a matter of rich
countries which became a new global challenge of having connectivity to the
entire human race. The society of "those without connectivity"
emerged. In developing countries we were still dealing with "MOUSE" the
device… and we were concentrated in learning about the new version of DOS.
1995, the internet was a challenge for the
adults and a new race track for younger. Any places in different parts of the
world were nearer, and in seconds they communicated with their relatives and
friends living on the other side of the planet. The connection speed was a factor
to improve.
Since 2003 internet became a mastering tool, a
source of data and query space publishing important information and likewise
the space for the sale of pornography and computer viruses that emerged in circulation.
2006 Music and movies online became the new
distraction from those people more technically able. Virtual tours and the services
GPS generalized the phrase
"recalculating" . It was necessary to
monitor the hours that workers spent at the office connected to the internet,
because it became as an obsession that influenced and reduced the quality and
productivity.
2008: The Internet makes you stupid (and
distracts above)
The tool approached to banks and thus to e-commerce.
Then arose hackers and online crimes. Social networks emerged and became a
space that could be invasive of the privacy of each to the extent. To uploading photos, personal messages and tipped
know the daily personal agenda.
Since the internet for those years exceeded
that offered by cable and Wireless was later called wi-fi, wherever you go and you
can be connected.
2014: The Internet makes you smarter or not?
Personally, I think it helps you to be smarter or live more confused. That
depends on the dedication of everyone for reflection, proper selection and
pursuit of RELIABLE information.
From Clive Thompson, (Canada, 1968), columnist
for The New York Times and Wired and author of Smarter than you think: how
technology is changing our minds for the better is planted. He explains three
changes: connecting ideas (our brain is good at giving context to the bits of
information we receive on the Internet), the extended memory (like the phones
do not learn because they are mobile, let part of your memory in other tools ,
either a hard disk or Twitter favorites ) and the infinite possibility of
publication. And above all, the golden age we live to teach with search
criteria.
Thompson: "Teaching Internet search is an
opportunity to teach critical thinking " If we receive constant digital 'environmental
awareness', the publication is infinite and there storing all tools , the
challenge is to know:
a)
how these
tools work , from the logic behind why the notifications out about results and
not others and
b) how to
differentiate truthful content.
What do you think: INTERNET MAKES YOU SMART OR MORE SILLY ?
Thaks for your commentaries