There has been a lot written recently, much of it in the New York Times, about how our brain is being changed by technology. The arguments tend to assert that the internet encourages distraction, skimming, loss of memory and over-reliance etc. I rarely get to the end of the articles- far too long.
My opinion would be that every successful new (communication) technology becomes incorporated into our behaviour, and all have their downsides. However a pre-internet world is no more desirable than a pre-telephone or pre-printing press world. We are reliant on them for good reason- they improve our lives.
Read more here:
Edward Boches summarises the arguments
Nicholas Carr argues our brains are becoming "shallow"
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