re: Has technology made us dumber, social media made us less social?

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I'm twice the guy in the video's age, and yet he gets it,

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if he's older than about 32, he had his formative years in the pre-internet era, and his opinion is as worthless as your opinion (as technology really didn't advance much in that 20 years. i know b/c i grew up in that era, but i was an early adopter to new media. i have the advantage of seeing both sides and having both ingrained in me. as i stated earlier, i will not have such luck with the next age)

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Humans haven't evolved from being social people who need social interaction.

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the whole point of social media is that we love social interaction. with technology, we can reach more people and have more people shower us with that social interaction-response.

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We will always be social creatures and you really don't get social skills from a screen

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and you're wrong

especially as people rely more and more on being behind screens

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which explains the awkwardness you see in so many people today, especially younger, who are visibly uncomfortable and awkward in social settings

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confirmation bias

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. 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.

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so when you hang around poor/lower class people and see their children interact with each other, you believe they are more socially advanced? you're saying the North BR culture is the one we should strive towards, as their progeny display advanced social skills?

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I would argue it's quite the contrary.

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give a 2 year old (that has never used a computer) an ipad, and give a 65 year old (that has never used a computer) an ipad. which will work the ipad more efficiently and learn how to use it more quickly?

the 2 year old

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they can interact with more kids, from more locations, all at the same time

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exactly

i'll put this in other terms

people of mike's generation have a max of social circles of approximately 150 people

people of the generation younger than me have an exponentially larger # of people their brains can process in the social circle

they grew up in a new era that allowed their brain to develop advanced social constructs along with advanced intelligence fueling their perception and interactions, which allow their brains to expand their ability to literally comprehend friends

you don't make these sorts of major sociological advancements by being "dumber"

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they grew up in a new era that allowed their brain to develop advanced social constructs along with advanced intelligence fueling their perception and interactions, which allow their brains to expand their ability to literally comprehend friends

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This reminds me of the '5000 dancing bananas' quote on here.

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the opposite, actually

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ISWYDT

The mouth breathers will hardly ever break the cycle so don't confuse them with people who use tech correctly. Social media has just changed how we connect. Not always for the better. It is only a decade old so give it some time to figure out it's place in life.

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mike's brain, literally, cannot comprehend new media b/c it is not advanced enough. very few people of his generation can, as they come from a past era of lesser intelligence. also, his idea of social constructs were formed in a a now ancient age that has little relevance to today. his brain refuses to adapt new ideas of these social constructs, both due to his generation's lesser intelligence as well as their protection of what they know. it's not due to any faults of his own.

all he can do is project the superiority of his own social construct and then use confirmation bias to show it's superior value.

i will be in the same boat in 20 years, because the same progress will occur. hell at this rate it may be 10

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Proofs in the pudding. You can't talk to people like this IRL and be thought to have social skills, and that's what a faceless, nameless board gives you. It's the personal attack thing that drives it home, not the disagreeing. I don't ever take things personal with you, even when we disagree. That's a big problem and points to why people struggle to get along these days, and when they think they know it all, and are closed to other opinions, it just amps it up even more.

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Being social = talking to and interacting with human beings.

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that has expanded with social media

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Facebook v. Direct communication

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how is a facebook message not a direct communication?

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Text v. Phonecall

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how is one less valuable than the other?

also, why did you start this with "phone call", when real social interaction wouldn't use technology at all

while you were a young whippersnapper using your phone, old people were saying what you just said, but criticizing talking on the phone. same argument, but different era/technology. obviously you disagreed with it then...but not now?

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You can't talk to people like this IRL

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i do. i just had this conversation irl on Monday night, in fact

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and be thought to have social skills,

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how?

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It's the personal attack thing that drives it home, not the disagreeing

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that's not a personal attack