[extropy-chat] No time to think?

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Wed Dec 28 23:16:47 UTC 2005


CNN has an article about the Age of Information Overload.

<http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/12/26/information.everywhere.ap/index.html>

With a few keystrokes, we'll soon be able to tap much of the world's
knowledge. And we'll do it from nearly anywhere -- already, newer
iPods can carry all your music, digital photos and such TV classics as
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" along with more contemporary prime-time
fare.

Will all this instantly accessible information make us much smarter,
or simply more stressed? When can we break to think, absorb and ponder
all this data?

"If you fill every waking minute with more media, you never do any
independent thinking," Nielsen said. "You may have all the specific
pieces of information, but the higher level is knowledge and
understanding. You don't have time for that reflection if it's being
thrown at you at never-ending streams".

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This is what I see happening to the younger generation. They have an
iPod playing music in their ears, while they read and send text
messages on their mobile phone, almost oblivious to their surroundings
or companions.

Do they ever have a quiet time to actually think about things?

BillK



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