Countless horse spent playing video games or behind the screen of a computer won 't be in vain. With the pace that technology is taking, it won’t take long till it one day replaces us a human 's. However, before that happens, social media and technology changes the way that we act and treat others, For better or worse. Growing up nowadays is different then that way that our parents grew up. A constant barrage of glowing screens and a permanent connection to the internet. Giving children skills that the children of yesterday didn 't have. Also changing the way that we interact with one another. Technology changes everything, including our development as children.
As a child, we are very curious and like to test and try everything, especially …show more content…
With the safety of being anonymous on the internet and on social media sites, we don 't need to improve this skill. Maria Konnikova the Author of “The limits of friendship” talks about the Dunbar number. There is a limit to the amount of friends placed within four different groups. The first being one hundred and fifty people that we know and can name at any one point, the next group is 50 and those are the ones that we call close friends. While the third group is a group of fifteen that we can turn to for anything, yet the smallest is the fourth which contains five who we consider our best friends. “While the group size are relatively stable, their composition can be fluid” (Konnikova 236). Constantly changing and moving between groups theses layers do not remain rigid and they are always changing. However, with the further advancements in technology and the addition of social media sites this theory is challenged. In today 's age the children growing up are raised by these technologies, such as texting, Facebook and other social media sites, and even online gaming. The Dunbar number works well with the old world where technology was just starting off. Amanda Lenhart the author of “Teens, Technology and friendship” Gives many examples of how and why teens decide to use social media and other forms of technology to make friends. The one that
As a child, we are very curious and like to test and try everything, especially …show more content…
With the safety of being anonymous on the internet and on social media sites, we don 't need to improve this skill. Maria Konnikova the Author of “The limits of friendship” talks about the Dunbar number. There is a limit to the amount of friends placed within four different groups. The first being one hundred and fifty people that we know and can name at any one point, the next group is 50 and those are the ones that we call close friends. While the third group is a group of fifteen that we can turn to for anything, yet the smallest is the fourth which contains five who we consider our best friends. “While the group size are relatively stable, their composition can be fluid” (Konnikova 236). Constantly changing and moving between groups theses layers do not remain rigid and they are always changing. However, with the further advancements in technology and the addition of social media sites this theory is challenged. In today 's age the children growing up are raised by these technologies, such as texting, Facebook and other social media sites, and even online gaming. The Dunbar number works well with the old world where technology was just starting off. Amanda Lenhart the author of “Teens, Technology and friendship” Gives many examples of how and why teens decide to use social media and other forms of technology to make friends. The one that