The Pros And Cons Of The Dumbest Generation

actually affects our brains and the way we use them. Many people would argue that technology has more cons than pros, however it’s quite the opposite. We use technology in our everyday lives and it helps us to gain more knowledge than we’ve ever been able to before. The technology we have today is one of the greatest advantages we could have.

In her essay “In defence of the iGeneration,” Renee Wilson argues that today’s technology has benefitted not only the students, but also the generation as a whole. The advancement in technology allows for change, innovation and creativity that result in one of the best generations yet. Although Wilson generalizes today’s iGeneration, she succeeds in providing a compelling argument. Much of her argument is supported by scientific evidence and personal experiences that demonstrate the ability of the iGeneration to accept change and provide self-actualization.

In his book Smarter Than You Think, Clive Thompson aims to persuade the readers into believing that technology has had a positive impact on our society and the World as a whole. He claims that technology has improved our retention rates, allows us to write and think with global audiences and even improves our senses.

“With the exception of alphabets and number systems, the Net may well be the single most powerful mind-altering technology that has ever come into general use. At the very least, it’s the most powerful that has come along since the book.” From The Shallows : (Carr: 118). States that The internet is by far the best invention on all of human creation. The internet is a great source for multitasking, gain of knowledge, and saves a lot of time.

This topic by Renee Wilson lifts the minds of a huge percentage of people who have read

Today generations have more access to technology than previous generations. The technology is a way to expand and distribute knowledge. Technology has not made this generation dumber, but it actually helped this generation to think of innovative ways that furthered our society. It made our life much easier, but it surely does not mean that the current generation is the dumbest. It actually helped the generation to grow smarter and made our brain smarter. The old ways should not be seen as superior in comparison with the different way of thinking.

Humans throughout the centuries have shown to grow in intelligence, proved by the advancement of technology and growing simplicity of how we live, but now that more people are becoming addicted to the internet, our generation has shown a dramatic change for the worse. People are growing more lazy, uninterested, and cant seem to find the concentration that will help them grow intellectually, and instead we are using the internet to find shortcuts around creating our own ideas. Personally, I have had instances where I was assigned to read

There are many distractions now days with social media and the internet as a one, I can also relate to this because when writing a paper I always write a couple of sentences or maybe a paragraph and then I find myself on social media or on the internet. “My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing”. This quote from Carr’s essay is telling the audience that social media is ruining the human brain; it is distracting the normal human from learning. The Internet surrounds all of us and I agree with Carr’s points in this essay, where he explains that he feels that the Internet is taking our learning ability and is taking our time so that we can spend more time on the Internet. The Internet is here and it is only going to get stronger and stronger and it will continue to distract the normal student and it is only going to be more difficult for the next generation coming

Mark Bauerlein, author of ‘The Dumbest Generation’, argues that today’s youth has had a decline in academics due to new technology in today’s economy. In retrospect, we’re growing up in a different time than the generation before us; the world and it’s products are different as to be expected, and with them we must learn new materials than they did. Today’s generation isn’t ‘dumb’, instead we’re adjusting to the times and retaining different knowledge than the generations before us.

Clay Shirky, the author of “Does the internet make you smarter?” wrote about how ignorance has poisoned the internet with incorrect information. Not only does technology has its flaws, but so do books and novels dating back to the Protestant Reformation. Even though many people are against the internet Shirky reassures that if used correctly and appropriately, then it can become a very useful tool that can “tap our cognitive surplus”. The increased collaboration of technology is important to society for the reason that the internet is full of valuable knowledge that can be claimed very quickly and easily.

Rachel Champeau explores a study that explores the effect technology on brain function among middle aged and older adults. The study suggested that adults that use the internet are demonstrating increased brain stimulation and function. A series of tests were conducted on a group of adults that had internet experience and some that did not to see if brain function was affected. The internet savvy adults showed improved function in both decision-making and complex reasoning and this increase was twofold what the non-internet using adults experienced. This study shows that there is the promise of technology to help increase brain function and stimulation of our aging population and that further research is

In “Generation Velcro,” Dorothy Woodend discusses the lack of basic skills and knowledge that is being passed down from generation to generation, and how this could be a fundamental problem for both generation Y and the future of planet earth. Woodend, setting the tone for her article, asks the question, “[i]s this generation heading into a coming dark age with little more than the ability to update their Facebook statuses and watch YouTube, all with laces untied?” (par. 7). She contends that “[t]he inability to concentrate in a world of competing bits of information and constant multitasking have led to brains that can no longer keep up,” implying that this problem of concentration is inhibiting this newest generation’s ability to learn the skills necessary to sustain our world properly (par. 12). While Woodend has presented an intriguing and thought provoking theory, I feel that it is flawed for a number of reasons: the first of these being that her conclusions are mainly based on

As the World progresses, technology has always been a part of it, if not ahead. I for one, have grown up in a time where the use of technology has been intertwined in the society. Since technological advancements began a while ago, the newer generation of children has access to it with ease than those who came before them. This then does arise some concerns about the effect of technology on younger generations. Just like with other controversial topics, there are some negative sides to technology as well as positive sides. Since some schools are more open to the idea of intertwining technology with learning, some factors should be considered before transitioning. Before integrating technology into curriculums, schools should consider possible addiction that students may acquire, lack of skills and short attention spans that may result from technological exposure, as well as the positive potential that technology has- like easy access. In the end schools should focus on both the negative and the positive side to rule out which one outweighs the other.

The word Millennials defines young generations who were born at a particular time and are basically in-between the ages of 18 to 34 (Berridge, 2014). In 2018, they are the ones who were arguably born between the years 1984 and 2000. A large majority of young people in the world now believe that education and economic accomplishments are more important parts of adulthood as well as getting married and having children is not very important. Long hours of job, study expenses, stress of career, anticipated work-family problems, health and social tradeoffs all considered into the decision to go for marriage or not. The purpose of this paper is to discuss why Millennials are not getting married as much as people did in previous generations.

Technology began to rise when the World Wide Internet was introduced on August 6, 1991. Throughout the years people have been on the bend to make technology bigger and better. With the advancement of cell phones, fax machines, computers and televisions the way things were 20 years ago are so much different. Technology has made us see the world at a different angle. Most children now play xbox for hours on end shooting zombies, stealing cars and talking to people online through a live account instead of enjoying the outdoors and playing in the mud and adults are just as guilty. We spend countless hours scrolling through Facebook or Twitter liking everything we see from coworkers or family and hardly look up to see the world as it is. Technology is nice, we can learn things quickly about worldwide events and news taking place or being able to video chat long distance family members but it has become a