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Every technological revolution has profound effects on society, our brains and our ability to interact. Witness [0]. From the printing press to the internet, a
by robbiep 9y ago
Every technological revolution has profound effects on society, our brains and our ability to interact. Witness [0]. From the printing press to the internet, a change occurs, it affects our brain and the way we interact, and then eventually we begin to deal.
The start of the vaccine(/backlash/response) to social media has begun.
[0] https://xkcd.com/1227/ https://xkcd.com/1227/
- zelos 9y agoNot that I don't take the point, but presumably if mankind were in an endless decline into intellectual laziness, then each of the writers in that XKCD comic would be correct: they'd each be sampling a different segment of the same downward slope.
- CodeCube 9y agoI'm torn between wanting to agree with you ("Idiocracy is a documentary!", et al), and the cognitive dissonance of the greater and greater scientific and technological achievements we continue to create. Maybe there's an analogue at work here; like financial/wealth inequality, but for intellect (that feels incredibly elitist to 'verbalize').
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- watwut 9y agoOn average, we are much better educated then in 1871 and spend waaay more time learning. So I doubt we are in that endless decline into itellectual laziness.
- bungie4 9y agoI love xkcd, and the point the cartoon makes is not lost on me. However, one could also argue that the thoughts expressed more than a 100 years ago are still true today and have only accelerated still further. We are humans with finite limits on our capacities. While machines got faster, smarter and more flexible, we have not.