technology and intelligence

The evolution of technology made our lives easier. It is the most convenient way to accomplish our tasks on time. We need to be grateful for those people invented the gadgets that will make us in modernization.

What a fascinating question. That brings us into computer ethics - a very interesting topic for me. I talk about this question often in my computer classes I teach. In fact, my boss and I just recently had a conversation about whether computers are beneficial or not. The conversation lasted four hours! I tend to think a lot like the second idea you gave. Yes, there are some that are continuing to grow (intellectually) as a result of computers. But as a whole, I think our society has come to rely on them too much. We don't know how to communicate in complete sentences anymore. Our attention span is much less than it used to be. Many of our young people don't even know how to multiply anymore without a calculator (cash register). I see how technology/computers have made our lives easier. I just have problems seeing how the vast majority of us have improved because of it. As a private tutor, it has become incredibly difficult to keep the attention of my students for longer than a minute or two. Almost without fail, my sixth and seventh graders try to do fractions and can't multiply 6 times 8.

I believe that everything has its pros and cons. It may be true that technology is somehow hindering the ability of humans to elevate the general intelligence but we cannot deny the fact that technology has save us a whole lot of time. Plus, I believe that this new establish ease in way of living created a new breed of intelligence within us.