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Has technology made us dumber, social media made us less social?
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:16 am
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Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:18 am to Mike da Tigah
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Has technology made us dumber,
the opposite, actually
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:19 am to Mike da Tigah
I have the ability to instantly look up anything I don't know or fully understand. I know more as a result.
I'm still a gobshite though.
I'm still a gobshite though.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:20 am to Mike da Tigah
Dumber? Don't know. Made our brains weaker for sure.
For example, trying to remember that woman in that movie..... ah screw it, jus google it.
We don't sit there and use our recollection capabilities.
For example, trying to remember that woman in that movie..... ah screw it, jus google it.
We don't sit there and use our recollection capabilities.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:23 am to Mike da Tigah
a-hole are now able to be assholes to a much broader audience.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:23 am to pwejr88
How much of actually living our life do we miss out on as a society though?
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:24 am to Mike da Tigah
I think I know a lot more thanks to the internet.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:25 am to Mike da Tigah
Lazier maybe
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:25 am to Mike da Tigah
It's made us aware of dumb people at a minimum.
As for social media, go to any restaurant and what you'll see is a group of people face booking about being there with their friends instead of having a conversation.
So,yes, we are becoming less social.
As for social media, go to any restaurant and what you'll see is a group of people face booking about being there with their friends instead of having a conversation.
So,yes, we are becoming less social.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:27 am to Mike da Tigah
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How much of actually living our life do we miss out on as a society though?
society advances. you're looking at society today through the lenses of a person living 20+ years ago
your inability to understand the advancement of society, and your indirect rejection of that advancement (due to your inferior intelligence), is a great example of the flynn effect in action. that's how it works
language is changing. communication is changing. technology is evolving so fast that we're going to have an exponential increase in the flynn effect. in 20 years or so, i imagine that i won't even be able to fully understand the youths and young adults of our society
i'm going to look at their technology and be incapable of using it, b/c my brain will not be advanced enough
i hope that on that day i embrace the advancement of our race instead of making the irrational assumption that life peaked in 2014
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:27 am to Mike da Tigah
Yes and yes.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:28 am to CajunSoldier225
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So,yes, we are becoming less social.
only if you're defining how to be social based on a very small slice of human life...likely a window from 10-20 years ago
new social interactions are breaking down certain sociological-psychological barriers, like the "150 friend" rule
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:28 am to CajunSoldier225
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As for social media, go to any restaurant and what you'll see is a group of people face booking about being there with their friends instead of having a conversation.
I have never seen this.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:29 am to Mike da Tigah
It certainly has NOT helped my students. All they understand about technology is the smartphone and social media: "Why do I have only 5 likes! I am not pretty/cool!..."
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:33 am to SlowFlowPro
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society advances. you're looking at society today through the lenses of a person living 20+ years ago
this
"being social" has changed
it might not fit some old dude's definition of "being social" but it is still a form of being social
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:34 am to SlowFlowPro
I don't agree with you all the time but you nailed it
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:35 am to Salmon
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it might not fit some old dude's definition of "being social"
and mike's idea of "being social' did not fit the relative old dude's definition of "being social", either
mike appears to have grown up in the 70s or 80s, so, for example, i presume he spoke to friends/girls on the phone
that's terrible! kids today just call each other up. they don't get to SEE each other. hell i heard they don't even DANCE! boys even ask girls out over the phone! social interaction and courtship are dead!
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:35 am to SlowFlowPro
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society advances. you're looking at society today through the lenses of a person living 20+ years ago
I'm twice the guy in the video's age, and yet he gets it, as do many other people 20 years my junior, and every human being older than myself I'd say.
I think it's more of a lack of balance than doing away with technology, balance that humanity often struggles with in every single thing known to man.
Humans haven't evolved from being social people who need social interaction. We will always be social creatures and you really don't get social skills from a screen, which explains the awkwardness you see in so many people today, especially younger, who are visibly uncomfortable and awkward in social settings. I would attribute this to being so immersed in technology growing up and not being outside all day playing with kids in the neighborhood so that those skills are developed.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:35 am to Mike da Tigah
I would argue it's quite the contrary.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 10:36 am to SG_Geaux
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As for social media, go to any restaurant and what you'll see is a group of people face booking about being there with their friends instead of having a conversation.
I have never seen this.
You have NEVER seen this? I see this nearly every time I go to a restaurant.
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