Research Paper On The Dumbest Generation
The Dumbest Generation
During the past few decades technology has improved immensely. A person living in the U.S. could speak “face to face” through video messaging to a person living in Russia. But it has come to the attention of some people that technology is handicapping the newer generations. People, such as, social critic and professor Mark Bauerlein. Bauerlein proposed the idea that all that are part of the younger generation are “the dumbest generation”. He criticizes the way technology has affected the younger population. Others think differently. People under the age of thirty, who belong to young generations, aren’t “the dumbest generation” because the modern technological innovations have propelled the human brain to new highs of …show more content…
The online community has been ridiculed negatively for creating antisocial and reclusive people who only live their lives online. How one person lives their life doesn’t affect their ability to learn new information. People online have the ability to be “highly social and engaged” creating ways to learn from their peers(Source 3). Before the internet was created there was no way for a fourteen-year-old to communicate with others in different regions differently. Nowadays adults and children alike are able to socialize with others worldwide, discussing specific topics with those maybe more experienced in the subject matter. These interactions allow those who aren’t as well-versed in a subject learn more in an instant from others. This expands learning capabilities of the brain. People don’t necessarily have to communicate directly with another person. Opinions created on certain subjects are able to be written and posted online for multiple different audiences to see and learn more from the pieces. Clive Thompson believes that the internet has brought upon the younger generation a new literacy(Source 7). Different people across the world have different opinions about certain topics. Writing controversial material allows the brain to think intuitively about the subject and to create writing that appeals different people. The younger generation has taken advantage of the new technologies at hand to expand the way they learn
During the past few decades technology has improved immensely. A person living in the U.S. could speak “face to face” through video messaging to a person living in Russia. But it has come to the attention of some people that technology is handicapping the newer generations. People, such as, social critic and professor Mark Bauerlein. Bauerlein proposed the idea that all that are part of the younger generation are “the dumbest generation”. He criticizes the way technology has affected the younger population. Others think differently. People under the age of thirty, who belong to young generations, aren’t “the dumbest generation” because the modern technological innovations have propelled the human brain to new highs of …show more content…
The online community has been ridiculed negatively for creating antisocial and reclusive people who only live their lives online. How one person lives their life doesn’t affect their ability to learn new information. People online have the ability to be “highly social and engaged” creating ways to learn from their peers(Source 3). Before the internet was created there was no way for a fourteen-year-old to communicate with others in different regions differently. Nowadays adults and children alike are able to socialize with others worldwide, discussing specific topics with those maybe more experienced in the subject matter. These interactions allow those who aren’t as well-versed in a subject learn more in an instant from others. This expands learning capabilities of the brain. People don’t necessarily have to communicate directly with another person. Opinions created on certain subjects are able to be written and posted online for multiple different audiences to see and learn more from the pieces. Clive Thompson believes that the internet has brought upon the younger generation a new literacy(Source 7). Different people across the world have different opinions about certain topics. Writing controversial material allows the brain to think intuitively about the subject and to create writing that appeals different people. The younger generation has taken advantage of the new technologies at hand to expand the way they learn