A world once colonized by exploration and discoveries is now a world colonized by digital objects glued to our hands and pockets. From typewriters to computers and laptops, telegrams and pay phones to digital cellphones; technology has evolved and conquered the world. It has changed life and making it easier to live. There is however, a downfall to technology that isn 't often seen, according to the Articles “Google is Making Us Stupid” by Nicholas Carr, “Multitasking Can Make You Lose… Um... Focus”, by Alina Tugend, and “Just One More Game...: Angry Birds, Farmville, and other Hyper-addictive Stupid Games”, by Sam Anderson. These authors state the dangers of technology to our civilization. By suggesting that we live in a world dependent on
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The world we live in has changed over time from typewriters, stationery phones and telegraphs that being our main forms of distance communicating to computers, smartphones, and cell phones that allow one to do a dozen other task at once rather than sitting and talking on the phone. This results in changing society, as it becomes a requirement to juggle multiple task in a short amount of time. Multitasking is seemingly time efficient, and convenient. However, listening to music, answering a text, and checking an email all while doing something else can in fact do the complete opposite of saving time. According to Edward M Hallowell multitasking is simply distributing one 's focus, on many task, and is “ like playing tennis with three balls (725).” Dr. Hollowell later states that the outcome of multitasking is that “the brain gradually loses its capacity to attend fully and gradually do anything” (728). As of now researchers are figuring out how the brain changes attentions. A study published in 2001 The Journal of Experimental Psychology showed that switching one 's attention between tasks resulted in time lost. Also if a something requires major concentration like the example given texting and driving, the few seconds it take for the brain to switch concentrations can have a fatal end. In conclusion, one must learn the art of single tasking, which teaches the brain that focus, can be time efficient and result in less
The world we live in has changed over time from typewriters, stationery phones and telegraphs that being our main forms of distance communicating to computers, smartphones, and cell phones that allow one to do a dozen other task at once rather than sitting and talking on the phone. This results in changing society, as it becomes a requirement to juggle multiple task in a short amount of time. Multitasking is seemingly time efficient, and convenient. However, listening to music, answering a text, and checking an email all while doing something else can in fact do the complete opposite of saving time. According to Edward M Hallowell multitasking is simply distributing one 's focus, on many task, and is “ like playing tennis with three balls (725).” Dr. Hollowell later states that the outcome of multitasking is that “the brain gradually loses its capacity to attend fully and gradually do anything” (728). As of now researchers are figuring out how the brain changes attentions. A study published in 2001 The Journal of Experimental Psychology showed that switching one 's attention between tasks resulted in time lost. Also if a something requires major concentration like the example given texting and driving, the few seconds it take for the brain to switch concentrations can have a fatal end. In conclusion, one must learn the art of single tasking, which teaches the brain that focus, can be time efficient and result in less