Is technology making us stupid?

Beraubt uns die moderne Technologie unserer geistigen Fähigkeiten, oder entlastet und stützt sie uns vielmehr bei unserer Denkarbeit? Talitha Linehan ist auf beide Meinungen gestoßen.

Yes!

Jim Pinto lives in San Diego, California. He is a speaker, writer, author, and technology futurist. He is also the founder of a U.S. company called Action Instruments. 

Jim Pinto

We have become so dependent on technology that we’re losing our ability to solve problems and remember the most basic information. Whenever we need to solve a problem, we turn to a machine. If we need an answer to a question, we look it up on the internet. If we need a phone number, we look it up on our cell phones. I’ve seen people use a calculator to multiply single-digit numbers, like two times seven. When you rely on technology to think for you, you don’t think for yourself.

The first thing to suffer is our memory. We store all the information we need on machines. We don’t try to remember birthdays because they are stored in our electronic organizers. We don’t try to remember appointments because they are noted in our calendars. We stop relying on our memories because we know we don’t need to remember anything anymore.