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Gary Small, author of "iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind," says that constant use of the Internet, Blackberrys and video games is not only altering our lives, it's altering our brains. (Collins) Many health issues are rising due to the increase use of technology; possible worsening of attention (increase ADHD), less physical exercise and increase body weight, and decreased social skills/eye contact. (Collins) Researchers all over the world believe excessive use of the Internet, cell phones, and other technologies can cause us to become more impatient, impulsive, forgetful, and even more narcissistic. With these statistics out, there is still a rising amount of electronic usage. You can't help but think, has technology become a
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The last thing I touch before I go to bed is my beloved Blackberry and it is the first to be touched when I awake in the morning. I struggle writing this paper myself without opening up my Facebook or Twitter, always anticipating someone’s response. Never would I have thought staring at a screen,scrolling through status's about what people have done for the day or why she broke up with him would take away time from what should be used doing school work or reading a book. I know I am one of the very many students that struggles with the distraction of technology. A student, Vishal quotes, “I’m doing Facebook, YouTube, having a conversation or two with a friend, listening to music at the same time. I’m doing a million things at once, like a lot of people my age,” he says. “Sometimes I’ll say: I need to stop this and do my schoolwork, but I can’t.” “If it weren’t for the Internet, I’d focus more on school and be doing better academically,” he …show more content…
Think of the Internet and other technology as food. Limit the intake of empty digital calories, and do not consume to much overall. Read a book, take a hike, feed your brain don't damage it by drowning it with the usage of technology. Our contraptions may shape our consciousness, but it is our consciousness that makes our credos, and we mostly live by those. Toast, as every breakfast knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how its sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone, Its all about the butter.
The last thing I touch before I go to bed is my beloved Blackberry and it is the first to be touched when I awake in the morning. I struggle writing this paper myself without opening up my Facebook or Twitter, always anticipating someone’s response. Never would I have thought staring at a screen,scrolling through status's about what people have done for the day or why she broke up with him would take away time from what should be used doing school work or reading a book. I know I am one of the very many students that struggles with the distraction of technology. A student, Vishal quotes, “I’m doing Facebook, YouTube, having a conversation or two with a friend, listening to music at the same time. I’m doing a million things at once, like a lot of people my age,” he says. “Sometimes I’ll say: I need to stop this and do my schoolwork, but I can’t.” “If it weren’t for the Internet, I’d focus more on school and be doing better academically,” he …show more content…
Think of the Internet and other technology as food. Limit the intake of empty digital calories, and do not consume to much overall. Read a book, take a hike, feed your brain don't damage it by drowning it with the usage of technology. Our contraptions may shape our consciousness, but it is our consciousness that makes our credos, and we mostly live by those. Toast, as every breakfast knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how its sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone, Its all about the butter.