The reason that mankind is so successful is that our brains have
evolved to adapt to our environment. So it follows that if you use a
computer for many hours a day and develop an obsessional cyber-life,
then the brain will obligingly adapt, too.
I have heard a sad story about a little girl who was in the kitchen using a new toaster and asked her father: ''Do I put the slice of bread in portrait or landscape?''
Our brain is susceptible to everything. It is not as though we have a fixed brain and that going on an ''evil'' computer changes it. Technology is neutral. But because it is very sophisticated, people think that it leads us, when, really, we are the masters. We should be asking how we are going to use technology to enhance our lives, as well as what we want it to teach our children. Read Here
I have heard a sad story about a little girl who was in the kitchen using a new toaster and asked her father: ''Do I put the slice of bread in portrait or landscape?''
Our brain is susceptible to everything. It is not as though we have a fixed brain and that going on an ''evil'' computer changes it. Technology is neutral. But because it is very sophisticated, people think that it leads us, when, really, we are the masters. We should be asking how we are going to use technology to enhance our lives, as well as what we want it to teach our children. Read Here
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