Does Google Make Us Stupid?
Experts and stakeholders say the internet will enhance — not degrade — our intelligence. It will also change the functions of reading and writing and be built around still-unanticipated gadgetry and applications.
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Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change.
The latest in a series of reports about the Millennial Generation, from Pew Social and Demo…
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Part 3: A review of responses to a tension pair about how takeoff technologies will emerge in the future
The hot gadgets, applications, technology tools in 2020 Respondents were asked to explain their choice and “share your view of its implications for the future. What do you think will be the hot gadgets, applications, technology tools in 2020?” What follows is a selection of the hundreds of written elaborations and some of the recurring […]
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Part 1: A review of responses to a tension pair about whether Google will make people stupid.
The future of intelligence Eminent tech scholar and analyst Nicholas Carr wrote a provocative cover story for the Atlantic Monthly magazine in the summer of 2008[1. Note: Previously, this sentence had incorrectly stated that the article was published in the summer of 2009.] with the cover line: “Is Google Making us Stupid?” He argued that […]
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Talk of Change Again Incites Bloggers
Groups of bloggers amassed to decry two separate controversies last week: reported rule changes to the board game Scrabble and the declaration that April would be Confederate History Month in Virginia. On YouTube, politics were unusually popular, with three separate congressional videos leading the list. And Twitterers remained fascinated with the iPad.
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Part 5: A review of responses to a tension pair about the future of anonymity online
The future of anonymous activity online Respondents were asked to explain their choice and “share your view about the future of anonymous activity online by the year 2020.” What follows is a selection of the hundreds of written elaborations and some of the recurring themes in those answers: The pressures for authentication of internet users […]
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Social Media and Young Adults
Blogging among teens and young adults drops to half what it was in 2006. Wireless connectivity is high among those under 30 and social network use continues to rise, but certain features of the social sites are less popular with teens.
