The Impact of the Internet on Human Intelligence
As time flies by, the development of the Internet has increased exponentially, but it is also hurling humanity into an abyss of technological addiction, causing major changes in society. The controversy on this topic is that since the Internet has improved in such drastic rates, does it have a negative or positive impact on human intelligence? The Internet has influenced people in many ways— it has caused various concentration issues, intellectual laziness, and the decrease of sociability levels, all which are deteriorating human intelligence. On the other hand, it can help improve and encourage creativity by letting ideas be expressed more freely and has also strengthened some areas of human …show more content…
As there is too much chatting online with Internet-based social media, it leaves little space for real face-to-face conversing. Chatting on Internet-based social media also discards the time that can be utilized to learn useful knowledge. To emphasize, study shows that the majority of smartphone users under the age of 35 check their devices multiple times per day, and mostly without getting an external alert like beeping or vibrations (Rosen). Humans are becoming so attached to their own digital devices, so they are not interacting properly. Too much time spent on the Internet indicates over reliance on the virtual world. This issue may be almost impossible to resolve, for studies show that humans are so addicted to the Internet, that they might have increased anxiety when without contact of their phones, even after 10 minutes …show more content…
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As time flies by, the development of the Internet has increased exponentially, but it is also hurling humanity into an abyss of technological addiction, causing major changes in society. The controversy on this topic is that since the Internet has improved in such drastic rates, does it have a negative or positive impact on human intelligence? The Internet has influenced people in many ways— it has caused various concentration issues, intellectual laziness, and the decrease of sociability levels, all which are deteriorating human intelligence. On the other hand, it can help improve and encourage creativity by letting ideas be expressed more freely and has also strengthened some areas of human …show more content…
As there is too much chatting online with Internet-based social media, it leaves little space for real face-to-face conversing. Chatting on Internet-based social media also discards the time that can be utilized to learn useful knowledge. To emphasize, study shows that the majority of smartphone users under the age of 35 check their devices multiple times per day, and mostly without getting an external alert like beeping or vibrations (Rosen). Humans are becoming so attached to their own digital devices, so they are not interacting properly. Too much time spent on the Internet indicates over reliance on the virtual world. This issue may be almost impossible to resolve, for studies show that humans are so addicted to the Internet, that they might have increased anxiety when without contact of their phones, even after 10 minutes …show more content…
“Is Technology Making Us Stupid?” Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, vol. 107 no. 2, p. 89-94, August 2008, Google Scholar.
Chamorro-Premusic, Tomas. “Is Technology Making Us More Creative?” Gaurdian Newspapers, 18 June 2015.
Harris, Corey. “The 'Google' Paradox: Is Technology Making Us Smarter?” Armed Forces Comptroller, vol. 61, no.1, p. 8, 1 January 2016, EBSCO Host.
Haigh, Gideon. “How Google Is Making Us Stupid.” The Monthly, February 2006, Google Scholar.
Rosen, Larry. “Is Technology Making People Less Sociable?” The Wall Street Journal, 10 May 2015, Dow Jones & Company, www. wsj.com/articles/is-technology-making-people-less-sociable-1431093491. Accessed 10 February 2018.
Solomon, Gaviel, and David Perkins. “Do Technologies Make Us Smarter?” Intelligence and Technology: The Impact of Tools on the Nature and Development of Human Abilities, p. 71-86, Google