Internet

We as human beings have changed a lot over the last 100 years.... scratch that, 10 years. We are so dependent on technology today that we get all stressed when our internet access is being a little slow. We freak out when the battery on our phones or ipods is low. Technology has helped us in so many ways. We can communicate faster (although not better socially) and find information faster. But is it really helping us? The author of the article commented on how reading an article has changed, The deep reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle." He noticed that his attention span has diminished and that he can no longer comprehend what the article is even saying. People cannot handle reading lengthy articles of books and just want immediate information. Like in a study they found that, "They typically read no more than one or two pages of an article or book before they would “bounce” out to another site. Sometimes they’d save a long article, but there’s no evidence that they ever went back and actually read it." I have noticed that people kinda don't remember how to spell words. Like the other day, I could not remember how to spell the word giraffe. I sounded it out and asked other people how to spell it. No one really knew how to spell it. So we turned to the almighty internet on someone's phone. It told us the correct way too. I've noticed in the way people write essays that it is kinda in a texting format.... weird. One thing I found with regarding the internet is that it separates us from other people. Its totally opposite the intentions of the creators in the first place. But its totally true we are so absorbed and we isolate ourselves from others. People would rather text others or facebook people then to go somewhere with that person. We spend so much time on the internet. We put the internet above even ourselves. We don't give personal time time but we give plenty of internet time. We forget to do things but we don't forget to check out the most recent gossip about Jon and Kate. Our brains have become like little children. Limited attention span and can only handle small doses of information.