How Technology Impacts The Way We Think By Larry Alton

How Technology Has Impacted Us How do you think the world will be in the future? Will it be controlled solely by technology? It is easy to say that technology has come a long way and continues to advance every day. There are many people that see technology as a helpful way of growing society and our knowledge but also see it as hurting our society as well. Almost every single person has a smartphone which contains access to the internet, music, photos, texting and calling, and many other apps that consume our lives. Technology has made our lives considerably easier, but we don’t think of the effects it is having on our brains and the way we think. Because of technology, we have changed the way we read. There are millions of people who have social media such as Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook. Since we are constantly on social media daily, we tend to scan what we read and not soak up information very well. We don’t read books like we used to. In “4 Ways Technology Impacts the Way We Think,” Larry Alton states in his article, “Instead of consuming content in a linear fashion like the generations before us, we now scan for keywords, search for links, and grab small bits of
We are gradually teaching our brains to think in a different ways because of all the resources technology gives us. Our memories are beginning to become useless in a sense because we are constantly distracted by our smartphones or what else may be the more important thing in that moment. Although there are many advantages of technology, there are many disadvantages. Technology has changed the way we read, impedes our focus, takes us away from living in the moment, hinders are ability to focus, impacts our memory, makes you less social face to face, affects mental control, and makes you need constant stimulation. These negative effects are changing our brain every time we pick up