Smart technology, or not?

Does technology make us smarter or dumber? That seems to be a question that we have begun to ask ourselves more and more. As with all arguments, whether technology makes us smarter or dumber can be debated one way or the other. While a majority of people cannot deny that the technology of today far exceeds that of generations past, requiring some form of knowledge to work these intricate gadgets, there are a number of people who are just as concerned as to the direction in which in which our country, our youth and future, are going.

One of the arguments for technology making us, as a people, dumber that comes to mind, is that of my own elders telling me that the the youth have it too easy, now. Everything is handed to them without having to work for it. The way in which I can apply that thought process, opinion, to technology and it making us dumber is that we may come to rely too heavily on it. What would happen in the event that there was some catastrophic disaster and all technology requiring electricity, or something to make it work, stopped working? Another example that I can think of in which technology is making us dumber is that we no longer have to really know knowledge, we can simply look it up on the internet. The say that children's IQ scores have increased dramatically from times past, but do they really know?

It is true that the youth of today, Generation Y, are growing up in an age of growing technology. A steady influx of new gadgets and inventions are appearing, almost daily, on the market with new ways devised in making our lives easier, safer, better. Ways in which technology make us smarter, is that people have begun to assimilate the new technology into their everyday lives by learning how to use the new technology. Technology also allows people to be confronted with a barrage of information in a relatively short period of time.

Another aspect of the new technologies is that it can take a large nation like the United States that is a melting pot of peoples from all walks of life and have a measure of uniformity, not just in the government or language, but in its culture. Technology has a major impact on what is considered popular culture.

I am of the belief that technology makes us both smarter and dumber.

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