The counter point is that the Internet makes us smarter. Using Google Search to find details or look-up phone numbers on your phone is no different from visiting the library or checking the telephone directory – in effect, these are our ‘extended minds’. This concept was introduced in 1998 by Prof. Andy Clark (University of Edinburgh) and Prof. David Chalmers (Australian National University). Prof. Chalmers provided B&E with an example, “My iPhone is not my tool, or at least it is not wholly my tool. Parts of it have become parts of me. This is the thesis of the extended mind: when parts of the environment are coupled to the brain in the right way, they become parts of the mind.”
A 2008 UCLA survey of adults aged 55 -78 found that just a week of Internet experience enhances brain activity patterns and cognition. Further study shows that Internet research boosts the ability to process information and make decisions. Explains Dr. Teena Moody, of Center for Cognitive Neurosciences at UCLA, “The potential upside, is that even older people can benefit by learning to recruit additional regions of their brains after “Googling” the Internet for a short period of time. Many companies are beginning to exploit this opportunity by developing games to enhance specific aspects of learning.
”It seems the ball is in each of our courts to make the best use of the wealth of information that technology has to offer. Google may happily do the hard work for us, but its value will depend on what we as individuals can bring to the table.
A 2008 UCLA survey of adults aged 55 -78 found that just a week of Internet experience enhances brain activity patterns and cognition. Further study shows that Internet research boosts the ability to process information and make decisions. Explains Dr. Teena Moody, of Center for Cognitive Neurosciences at UCLA, “The potential upside, is that even older people can benefit by learning to recruit additional regions of their brains after “Googling” the Internet for a short period of time. Many companies are beginning to exploit this opportunity by developing games to enhance specific aspects of learning.
”It seems the ball is in each of our courts to make the best use of the wealth of information that technology has to offer. Google may happily do the hard work for us, but its value will depend on what we as individuals can bring to the table.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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