How the Internet is making you Stupid

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A video blog discussing how the Internet is effecting how the human brain works and ultimately how it is decreasing our ability to read for long period, concentrate and think in a deep and critical manner.

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[TheBiggervern]

Thought provoking video Dave. I find I need to print out long emails in order to properly read and comprehend their full meaning. Skimming on screen often misses important detail.

[Exceler8or]

wow, a brilliant, informing video... I spend so much time just surfing, i feel guilty now, especially since i left education 2 years and rejoined recently i notcied that the way i thought and my ideas took a dramatic blow, I've felt myself become dumber.

and i hate it.

[duderme]

Can we ever recover from this? :(

[neb400]

Didn't for me, instead it made me more clever, my spelling improved and my art skills also improved as I became a graphics designer, now making money from graphic designing and soon doing GCSE'S in graphics early due to my graphics teacher seeing my graphics and being amazed.

[GOLDxDEAGLE]

I don't like your it's like heroin for your brains simile.

[A7Guitar]

Ok so given the idea of neuroplasticity is it also possible that the reverse could be true? For example ive noticed every 5 years im twice as smart as i was 5 years ago. Im not gloating or any junk like that just its kind of a curious thing to me.

[Pinkishbass91]

'as my mind starts to wander away' - When you said this I was looking at the the amount of views the video had. Oops

[Pinkishbass91]

I always have to print my essays and papers to read over them, cause on the screen I miss spelling mistakes and sentences that make no sense.

[stevenmorrisEP]

this is just the movement of society, embrace the change in order to survive.

[duminicad]

@Dracokhi don't assume that doctors know everything, remember, we need issues so that we have a need for doctors, and yes, Ritalin is like speed, especially if one takes 2-3 pills/day for extended period.

The issues we have with "inability to focus" is due to our times, we have so much information and so little time to absorb, that we skip the BS and sometimes even important info in an article.

Do you have any idea how much info/day we get these days compared to 10-20 years ago? A LOT!!!

[Dracokhi]

@duminicad yeah but the inability to read a page of text, or drive my car, or do my homework is screwing me in the short run. I've had a few doctors all explain the effects and consequences of Ritalin, and it is far off from speed believe me.

[tropsees]

Interesting