Even though Emerson says man needs to work a revolution in his education, it does not mean technology is always better for society’s education. In today’s society if someone needs to know about a current event they usually do not reach for a newspaper. Instead, society reaches for a computer or smartphone to search online. Reading on an electronic causes people to simply skim through what they are reading because there is a lot more useless information, and can lead to missing the important stuff. Studies show that people tend to read text differently online than a newspaper, so we do not fully comprehend the concept of what is being read. Another reason for that, besides skimming, is because people tend to try to find the biggest piece of information online, but the human brain can not process everything that is being read. Then it is hard to pick up what is important and what is
Even though Emerson says man needs to work a revolution in his education, it does not mean technology is always better for society’s education. In today’s society if someone needs to know about a current event they usually do not reach for a newspaper. Instead, society reaches for a computer or smartphone to search online. Reading on an electronic causes people to simply skim through what they are reading because there is a lot more useless information, and can lead to missing the important stuff. Studies show that people tend to read text differently online than a newspaper, so we do not fully comprehend the concept of what is being read. Another reason for that, besides skimming, is because people tend to try to find the biggest piece of information online, but the human brain can not process everything that is being read. Then it is hard to pick up what is important and what is