I also liked that he went into a sort of biological standpoint- that the next few decades could potentially be worse than the last ice age- and Google, along with other rmultimedia resources, could have prepared us for it if we chose to use them...or not. He says that we get smarter after anything potentially crippling to the human race occurs, because we learn from our mistakes. I think that this is entirely true, however I'm not sure that Google and the internet are contributing solely to our gain of knowledge. I would have to say that in comparison to Nicholas Carr's article, Google may not be making us stupid, it may just be providing us with more tools, faster, to get smarter for the future. In ten years Google may not exist, and computers themselves may be obsolete. The technology we will have had beforehand, however, will most likely have helped us adapt to the changing world around us.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Get Smarter Response
I thought Jamais Cascio's article 'Get Smarter' was interesting for more than one reason. His theory that the technology-induced ADD epidemic is 'just a phase' could indeed be true: a short-term problem that could lead to a much bigger leap in the human mind further down the road. However, it could be a worsening condition that will only decrease the attention span of people all over the world over the next couple hundred years. We have no way of knowing.
I also liked that he went into a sort of biological standpoint- that the next few decades could potentially be worse than the last ice age- and Google, along with other rmultimedia resources, could have prepared us for it if we chose to use them...or not. He says that we get smarter after anything potentially crippling to the human race occurs, because we learn from our mistakes. I think that this is entirely true, however I'm not sure that Google and the internet are contributing solely to our gain of knowledge. I would have to say that in comparison to Nicholas Carr's article, Google may not be making us stupid, it may just be providing us with more tools, faster, to get smarter for the future. In ten years Google may not exist, and computers themselves may be obsolete. The technology we will have had beforehand, however, will most likely have helped us adapt to the changing world around us.
I also liked that he went into a sort of biological standpoint- that the next few decades could potentially be worse than the last ice age- and Google, along with other rmultimedia resources, could have prepared us for it if we chose to use them...or not. He says that we get smarter after anything potentially crippling to the human race occurs, because we learn from our mistakes. I think that this is entirely true, however I'm not sure that Google and the internet are contributing solely to our gain of knowledge. I would have to say that in comparison to Nicholas Carr's article, Google may not be making us stupid, it may just be providing us with more tools, faster, to get smarter for the future. In ten years Google may not exist, and computers themselves may be obsolete. The technology we will have had beforehand, however, will most likely have helped us adapt to the changing world around us.
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I agree that the technology induced add epidemic is a worsening condition because we have all seen it getting worse over the past years with facebook and everything. But I also agree when you say the technology before hand will have helped us because our knowledge is so much greater due to it.
ReplyDeleteI think you have a strong point in the second paragraph; that we have no idea what the future holds for technology. I agree that Google is providing us with more tools to increase our knowledge, but that it may also not be around in a decade, or that it will evolve so greatly that it will essentially be completely different.
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