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Post by jeffolie on Jul 10, 2012 16:31:34 GMT -6
Facebook spread the distribution on photos and organizing to approaching 1 billion in short order. That bar room got big, fast. Communities such as in the middle east made quick, inexpensive political/religious use of the web to create the Arab Spring...the web has impacted and accelerated organizing.
Web Addiction
Compulsive tendencies found a home with the web in gaming, social sites such as Facebook, as well as smartphones that are now used over 30% of the time to access the web. "Web Addiction" will be in the new DSM as a footnote illness. Although in all fairness, texting seems to compete as an addiction for those under 50 years old with the average now at 400+ text per person under 50 per month according to the just release Newsweek issue. OC will always find a medium to use. At the moment it is high tech communications. Not long ago, the issue was OC TV watching which now has declined along with publiched media.
Blaming the WEB
Blaming society's ills on the internet reminds me of blaming toy guns for wars, or blaming music fads for corrupting teenagers. Most under 50 grew up with computers and communications methods that the older generations failed to quickly adapted, thus creating a generation separation plus a cause to blame all of their resentments.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Jul 11, 2012 8:46:47 GMT -6
Texting has certainly become a real scourge on society.
Texters are constantly distracted from other tasks that require their full attention.
A recent television special focused on MIT students who were both texting and keyboarding almost non-stop. Though the students thought they were more productive and were successfully multitasking, every objective measure showed them performing worse than previous years' students.
It's quite obvious to anyone working around texters that they are less productive, less focused, and less valuable as workers.
Texting has become an overall negative for society--resulting in shorter attention spans on every task, and shallower thinking & comprehension at every level.
Thanks again, Steve Jobs.
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