Technology has significantly impacted our lives and as time passes life improves, as well as technology. Technology thought history has changed our quality of live and has increased our ability to survive. Medical treatment has become so much more advanced and countless lives are being saved because of all of the research. The machines available to diagnose diseases before they become fatal, and treat these diseases is abling people to keep their child, or sister, or mother alive. Technology also provides us with limitless information, resolutions, and connections to places all around the world. An online debate on the issue of technology affecting our life negativley or postivley,the pro point for technology brings up an interesting point , “For example, if you search something in the Internet, you will see tons of information about it, and some of that you could not find otherwise”. The Internet has helped our generation become significantly more knowledgeable, and all of the information that we have access to inspires us to apply ourselves further.…
We have so much technology now, that it help us communicate better with people and not be able to do those things. Dahlia, in her article states “We seem to forget that kids can be as tech-savvy as Bill Gates but as gullible as Bambi.” (Lithwick 493).…
Mark Bauerlein implies that meaningful connection is important, yet interferes with our education if not handled well, while the myth of Echo and Narcissus states how it is important not to focus on a single connection due to the problems that follow along with it. My position states that meaningful connection is necessary in life, yet needs to be handled well to be effective.…
The fact that we basically have so much information at our fingertips we lose the need to really retain a lot of information because if there is anything we need to know it's available at the click of a mouse. Bauerlein points out how even though it appears as if millennials have the upper hand because of all this access to technology that the previous generation did not have they actually don’t. Also Bauerlein highlights the steady decrease in intellectual capabilities as the technological improvements…
The internet has become the number one source for information. It is quick and easy. Some argue that it is a distraction, while others argue that it is the best thing since slice bread. In the article “Is Google Making us Stupid?” by Carr he used a form of ethos and factual evidence to help get his point across to his readers. He argues how technology is hindering people and causing them to become lazy, therefore causing harm towards today’s society. Throughout the article “Mind Over Mass Media” Steven Pinker, also uses a form of ethos and factual evidence to help voice his opinion on how technology is serving more of a benefit. Some believe that people are becoming more intelligent because of the use of…
The essay “Does the Internet Make You Smarter?” talks about how the internet has evolved from classic print and how it affects people in today’s society. The author talks about what people have the capability to create using the internet and electronics. The author also talks about the mediocre things that are being published on the internet. Throughout the essay the author talks about the issues that society came upon when the first printing press was created and how it is similar to what we are encountering today. Going along in this essay the author brings up how there are things that get released that can help people of today and there are also things created that aren’t as beneficial to society. He goes on to say that what is created that can benefit us takes much longer for the widespread of it than the time it takes for the widespread of something less important.…
Many technological advances in the modern era has brought up the question whether or not that the current generation of people under thirty years of age should be deemed as the dumbest generation. The sources given lack the evidence needed to support the claim that those under age thirty are "the dumbest generation." The sources that are in favor of this make very logical examples depicting said claim; however, the author fails to support it using facts and statistics. The sources in which the author tries to disprove the claim utilizes facts and statistics from conducted experiments. This ratifies that the evidence given in these sources can deteriorate the original claim, proving that people under thirty are not the dumbest generation.…
When it comes to the topic of online learning, most of us will readily agree that technology can be an incredible learning tool in this new Digital Age. Where this usually ends, however, is on the question of whether or not technology is helping or hindering the learning of students and young adults. Whereas some are convinced that technology will help students by supplying them with knowledge and vast amounts of resources, others maintain that technology is corrupting our youth and making us stupid. One such person who believes the latter is Mark Bauerlein.…
Compared to the technology we possessed before 1980, Our technology today is significantly more advanced and it is only the beginning. As the use of technology has increased dramatically in our everyday life many argue that it can be very useful, but others can say that technology only seems to be affecting the way Millennials think and process information. Mark Bauerlein is a prime example of this way of thinking, he declares that all of those under 30 years of age, also known as the Millennials, constitute the dumbest generation of modern history; and technology is the main culprit.…
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a group of people, in other words known as a stereotype. Stereotype, the word that was going through my mind when the read the article “Generation Text: The Dark Digital Ages: 13 to 17”. The article written by Mark Bauerlein really had me thinking about how someone could perceive our generation in such a stereotypical way, which basically lumped all of us, with our unique and contrasting ideologies together. After reading Bauerlein’s article he makes our generation sound like kids and young adults who would do anything to acquire social acceptance from our peers. My emotional response to Bauerlein’s essay was upsetting. He sounds oblivious just in the sense that he merely categorizes all kids in the generation [our generation] in a stereotypical manner. Not only does he…
Synthesis Essay Complete the Culminating Conversation exercise on page 166 of your textbook. You will have the entire class period on Tuesday to read and take notes on sources and the entire class period on Wednesday to write and revise. The assignment will be due at the start of the school day on Thursday. Use MLA format for citations.…
The question, “Are we the dumbest generation?” has been asked by many and we all have different point of view on it. There’s no wrong or right answer when it comes to it, but I, for one think that we are not the dumbest generation. Because technology has upgraded since it has been introduced to us all and technology has affected us in marvelous ways. Bauerlein stated, “The advantages of twenty-first century teen life keep expanding, the eighties and nineties economy and the digital revolution providing miraculously quick and effortless contact with information, wares, amusements, and friend.” People have come along way without it and to think now that we can not live without it, it truly is amazing.…
The world we live in is continuously changing and developing, and as we move forward into this new generation, people are becoming more dependent on technology. Reading habits have changed and the systems for education are much more reliant on new forms of technology. This is reasoning to many as to why this generation is the dumbest. However, this is an illogical ideology because although this new generation is more technology dependent, these forms of technology can be used to the advantage of many students and are why this new generation is not the dumbest, but the most advanced.…
Modern technology has its merits. As Bauerlein points out in his article “the Dumbest Generation”, the digital revolution has provided us with “miraculous quick and effortless contact with information.” Indeed, we are the generation surrounded by technology, and the immediate access to countless of information has definitely aided us in many aspects of the modern society. Researching information has become…
Those of us in this generation are not unintelligent or “dumb” at all if anything we’ve expanded our knowledge, with new technology aiding by our side. Using these innovations, our learning techniques have substantially improved, and because we use these to our advantage, that doesn’t make anyone any less intelligent than our elders. As said by Sharon Begley, a science columnist, “there is no empirical evidence that being immersed in instant messaging, texting, iPods, video games and all things online impairs thinking ability.” (Source 2) Therefore, technology isn’t able to corrupt our thinking.…