The Effects of Technology on Society
In Maria Konnikova's article, "The Limits of Friendship" she explores the theoretical number of friends people can really have, also known as the Dunbar number, and whether social media has affected the way people perceive friend groups. In Konnikova’s article, “The Limits of Friendship,” technology has affected people’s social skills by allowing us to stay connected with people all over the world, but prevent us from making deeper face to face connections and prevent new generations from learning how to deal with real world problems and situations.
In the article, Konnikova questions whether increasingly pervasive virtual interaction influences a person's friend groups for current and new generations. The theoretical number of friends the average person could have in his or her social group is called the Dunbar number. The Dunbar number was created by Robin Dunbar. Dunbar was an anthropologist and psychologist at the University of Oxford who studied primates to discover the problem of why …show more content…
Scientist know that early childhood experiences are crucial to the development of the areas of the brain that are dedicated to social interaction, empathy, and other interpersonal concerns. From early childhood experiences, we discover how we are and are not supposed to act by observing others and then having opportunities to act out our observations ourselves. What will happen if children are raised from a young age completely based on virtual interactions, not physical interactions? New generations are going to be able to develop social skills to learn how to properly interact with people in real world situations. With most people spending most of their time online, Dunbar suggested, “It’s quite conceivable
In Maria Konnikova's article, "The Limits of Friendship" she explores the theoretical number of friends people can really have, also known as the Dunbar number, and whether social media has affected the way people perceive friend groups. In Konnikova’s article, “The Limits of Friendship,” technology has affected people’s social skills by allowing us to stay connected with people all over the world, but prevent us from making deeper face to face connections and prevent new generations from learning how to deal with real world problems and situations.
In the article, Konnikova questions whether increasingly pervasive virtual interaction influences a person's friend groups for current and new generations. The theoretical number of friends the average person could have in his or her social group is called the Dunbar number. The Dunbar number was created by Robin Dunbar. Dunbar was an anthropologist and psychologist at the University of Oxford who studied primates to discover the problem of why …show more content…
Scientist know that early childhood experiences are crucial to the development of the areas of the brain that are dedicated to social interaction, empathy, and other interpersonal concerns. From early childhood experiences, we discover how we are and are not supposed to act by observing others and then having opportunities to act out our observations ourselves. What will happen if children are raised from a young age completely based on virtual interactions, not physical interactions? New generations are going to be able to develop social skills to learn how to properly interact with people in real world situations. With most people spending most of their time online, Dunbar suggested, “It’s quite conceivable