I read an article early last week, Facebook and Bebo risk 'infantilising' the human mind. This kind of sensationalism about new technology both frustrates me and makes me laugh. I couldn’t help but think of previous sensationalist claims. For example, Is television destroying our children's minds?
Yes. I chose the same online news publication, The Guardian, from the U.K. I couldn’t help myself.
I’ve also read articles about how we've discovered specific genes (HAR genes) that give us a propensity for rapid brain development and that each new tool we use somehow acts on our brains, furthering our development – a development that supposedly makes us better than our fellow co-critters. Whether it does or doesn’t, current research indicates that we have genes that speed up brain development, and that’s what makes us different from other creatures.
Dr. C. Bonk’s lecture last week fed right into my mindset of the day, and one of the very many websites he presented was Adora’s website.
So my assignment, a 1-minute visual, tries to capture those things.
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What a great video. Mentally stimulating, and very well done. I like to think that if one finds a web technology they enjoy using, it can make life much better. Otherwise, what's the point. The articles you point out are also quite good and a good representation of the thoughts and opinions that we've been discussing in class.
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