My good pal sent me an article, Is Google Making Us Stupid? Essentially, the article talks about how in the age of twitter and Facebook, our brains, and more specifically our ability to sit and focus on one item for an extended period of time, has become severely atrophied.
Think about it. When was the last time you went to a web page and read the entire thing? How many seconds does it for your mind to wander when you sit down to read a book or a magazine article, or dare I say, a blog posting?
Being in the technology industry, I’ve found more websites are restructuring themselves so that the information their pages present can be consumed and processed in seconds. Take this website for example…http://teixido.co/
After quite a long time, I finally forced myself to sit down and read a book I received for Christmas. It took me 30 minutes to wrestle through 10 pages. I constantly found myself drifting off to another subject or reading a paragraph and realizing I hadn’t actually read it at all. It’s somewhat ironic as the book I’m reading talks about the daily practices in life that shape our being. Like working out or a strict diet, reading takes time and practice to become proficient at it.
I’m curious to what the future will bring and how technology will shape it. Can’t you just see in 20 years teens who rebel against using the web because its way cooler to read on paper. Some I’m wrestling with is how we dissect and process information a bad thing? Just as we diet and exercise our bodies, should we now take time to put our brains on a diet and exercise plan? Or did you even read this far in the blog to care?
Love and Peace,
Jeremy
