Does the internet make you smarter or dumber? There is a complex debate over the internet and whether it is making society smarter or dumber for that matter. The debate focuses on the internet and the intellectuality of individuals and if the internet hinders or is progressing society as a whole. Some critics argue that the internet contributes to the decline of our mental state. On the other hand, others argue the internet promotes and encourages literacy.
Art and architecture had major impacts on humanity. For example, The Renaissance, which occurred from the 14th century to the 17th century. It rebirthed an age of learning. A major part of this was due to the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440. When people become more educated and literate, the started to question the authority and beliefs of the Catholic Church.
We learn from other background knowledge that the invention of the printing press was a turning point, it enabled books, scripts, drawings to not only become published, but also to be shared on a more global level as well as being physical proof which allowed for generations of improvements such as some of Galen’s previous work to then later be corrected by Vesalius’s drawings and explanations. Sources 2 and 5 show us the improvements in terms of quality and attention to detail such as proportion, also with the increasingly popular production of the printing
Could technology hurt education or, is technology the revolution to education? The views on education and massive open online courses of Postman and Friedman are very contrasting and will be further discussed in this essay. According to Thomas Friedman, MOOCs are potentially the most essential addition to present-day education. That by having a MOOC available to those in under developed worlds it will open powerful minds to solve more of our frequent problems. Even though Neil Postman’s book, The End of Education, was written well before MOOCs were available it is still evident what his opinions on them would be.
Under pressure from the financial markets to abandon the company's oft-stated goal of sacrificing short-term profits for building long-term growth, market share, and increased shareholder value, Bezos proved that his online retail business model could produce operating profits. Now that Bezos had that issue taken care of, there were a number of new ones that needed to be addressed. Outside the overall economic malaise of the U.S. and world economies, the Internet Tax Moratorium law was up for renewal in November, with no assurance of its being extended, and online stalwarts eBay and Yahoo! were expanding into Amazon.com's markets. Bezos was faced with the task of developing an effective differentiating enterprisewide strategy if Amazon.com was to survive and prosper against aggressive competition over the intermediate and long-term futures.
There are many famous people including Bauerlein himself were having an argument with another group of people on whether digital culture is an advantage or not. He backs up his opinion by saying “Together they form an imposing countervailing force, an alliance to slow the headlong rush to technologies learning, reading, writing, and intellectual life.” Bauerlein believes digital culture had cut of young adults’ understanding on literature and history because at this time, young adults would prefer to find answers on the Internet; therefore, reading also becomes a problem. Even though teenagers are willing to adapt the new learning style is an advantage for them; however, they should not abandon the old way of studying. Bauerlein said “If it doesn't happen in high school, in college and in home at this time, it probably never will.” Young adults should be aware of how to study when there aren’t any digital culture provided, on the other
Also by the first half of the 16th century early modern authors had their works printed and distributed to the general public (Doc. 9). This allowed modern and current ideas to spread more quickly and on a grander scale. With all the new books and ideas getting printed and distributed to the public, people couldn’t help but to be inclined to read more. This spread literacy very quickly.
So with this rapid rise in text messaging and it now being our new means of communication, is it hurting literacy in teens? Over the past couple years the debate over whether text messaging is hurting literacy in teens has held the spotlight for many literacy experts. According to Experts such as David Crystal and Jennie Bristow text messaging improves literacy and it is the lack education that is hurting literacy in teens not text messaging. For teens the use of text messaging is improving their literacy. Crystal believes texting may actually enhance our writing and spelling, and has little or no effect on our language as a whole.
In today’s generation having a face book ties you to being part of the pop culture phenomenon, without having one you receive the feeling that you are missing out on the virtual connection. One thing that needs to be realized is that there is a difference between a connection and a bond. So if you look past the façade of facebook you uncover the slow extinction of personal interaction, the new age loneliness, and the petty tool to psychologically destroy each
"Yes, Google is hampering our ability to recall information." (Betsy Sparrow, Columbia University) The study also found that Google improves certain kinds of memory, like methods for retrieving information. Sparrow's findings aren't the whole story, though. As scientists have stressed since the dawn of web, the effects of Internet usage on cognition are pretty complicated. Search engines are rerouting our memory.