Does technology make us smarter or dumber? I think technology can do both depending on how you use it. If use technology in an effective manner it can be a very good thing. There are a million avenues you can take to let technology educate you for instance the internet. Through the internet anything you want to know is at your fingertips, from philosophy to cooking. With the internet the sky's the limit when it comes to knowledge if you just use it effectively. On the other hand the internet could be used to dumb you down If you use it in that manner. For instance I know people that all they do with the internet is get on facebook and play farmviile all day, and this is all they talk about. These people live and breathe facebook, they have let this take over their lives, I mean it is bad the moment they wake up they are on facebook they don't get anything done around the house or even get dressed some days. A friend of mine even started a group on facebook it is called facebook game addicts anonymous. He is highly addicted to facebook games. This is supposedly a spoof on a popular facebook game farmeville but I know people who are really like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOtRMouZR5k . If you use technology in this manner yes I think it can make you dumber.
I think technology is a double edge sword it has its goods and its bads. People just have to be mindful of how they use it. I think the best idea when it comes to doing anything is everything in moderation. So if you live your life the way you should use technology in the appropriate manner and have fun while you are doing it. Then technology can be a good thing, if not it could be very bad.
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