Of course people will be reading more in modern time, the way technology has affected propaganda has made it possible to see it everywhere, this in turn means more reading. The fact that more people are reading now than in the 70s and 80s could also be accounted for in the fact that there are more people in the world now than in those decades. The observation of people reading more is not the key, what people are reading more of and how they are reading it is the key. This indirect relationship between the ability to intellectually absorb the material at hand and technological advances making it more difficult to achieve this understanding is directly interfering with today’s society, and the only way to avoid this neurological recession is by being aware of how much you truly rely on technology and asking your self is it worth it?
In They Say, I Say by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst technology and human exist is described as an obligate relationship, there will always be advances but with this there are also disadvantages to the human brain and the way things are perceived. The obvious impacts technology has had on our society can be classified as positive, but the implicit impacts technology may have on our society sing a different tune. The use of technology is up to the person and ultimately this is the choice one must make when determining where he or she may want his or her intellect to