Working for a search engine for a few years now and I've come to the same conclusions. All the information at our fingertips, yet we now have a shorter attention span and a smaller capacity to retain knowledge. I've never been more scattered brain myself. Great interview!
I remember in college we had to copy books (and read them later). And most of us felt after an hour of copying that we already read the book. Which we didn't. We just copied it on a machine. When we search for information on the internet maybe we get the same feeling - we think we know but we don't. I've read "The shallow" and "The glass cage" by Nicholas Carr. Regarding Nelda's questions about children: I should recommend "Cyberkrank" and "Digitale Demenz" by prof. Manfred Spitzer. He is a neurologist. I've read them in Dutch but they are also translated in English. He talks about how children are affected by computers and phones (digital media). And also about the use of them in school.
The tv is an addiction it resonates and draws you into a lsd trip, picture is a collection of pulsating leds it weakens your eyes and your span of attention , sports etc counteract the problem especially jumping activity like skipping and trampolines.
You should see me in VRChat, I've got my social window open constantly. "Swipe-swipe, sorry were you talking? I was distracted." Distraction showing up in virtual reality, now!
Carr mentions the work of MIT professor Sherry Turkle, and I would recommend looking into her books/essays as well. Both of these authors, along with Libby Copeland, are often anthologized in college/university textbook chapters that deal with technology for composition courses.
Face to face communication is very personal and can be intense, but engages the left and right hemispheres of the brain, radio and the phone is less intense we become voices without bodies but engages the left hemisphere and long term memory, texting, like tik tok etc, is devoid of personal interaction and engages the right hemisphere and short term memory and so modern man doesn’t dwell on the past only on the present which leads to a lack of individual thoughts his views are the views of the masses which causes mental health issues and suicidal tendencies.
Working for a search engine for a few years now and I've come to the same conclusions. All the information at our fingertips, yet we now have a shorter attention span and a smaller capacity to retain knowledge. I've never been more scattered brain myself. Great interview!
Did people dislike this cos the algorithm gave them something thoughtful
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...I said this years ago... "All this communication yet nobody knows how to communicate anymore."
I remember in college we had to copy books (and read them later). And most of us felt after an hour of copying that we already read the book. Which we didn't. We just copied it on a machine. When we search for information on the internet maybe we get the same feeling - we think we know but we don't. I've read "The shallow" and "The glass cage" by Nicholas Carr.
Regarding Nelda's questions about children: I should recommend "Cyberkrank" and "Digitale Demenz" by prof. Manfred Spitzer. He is a neurologist. I've read them in Dutch but they are also translated in English. He talks about how children are affected by computers and phones (digital media). And also about the use of them in school.
The Shallows is one of the greatest books of all time regarding this subject
The PHONE/computer is poison. IT takes people away from THEIR families. I HATE the phone!
The tv is an addiction it resonates and draws you into a lsd trip, picture is a collection of pulsating leds it weakens your eyes and your span of attention , sports etc counteract the problem especially jumping activity like skipping and trampolines.
You should see me in VRChat, I've got my social window open constantly. "Swipe-swipe, sorry were you talking? I was distracted."
Distraction showing up in virtual reality, now!
Carr mentions the work of MIT professor Sherry Turkle, and I would recommend looking into her books/essays as well. Both of these authors, along with Libby Copeland, are often anthologized in college/university textbook chapters that deal with technology for composition courses.
Face to face communication is very personal and can be intense, but engages the left and right hemispheres of the brain, radio and the phone is less intense we become voices without bodies but engages the left hemisphere and long term memory, texting, like tik tok etc, is devoid of personal interaction and engages the right hemisphere and short term memory and so modern man doesn’t dwell on the past only on the present which leads to a lack of individual thoughts his views are the views of the masses which causes mental health issues and suicidal tendencies.