"Tools that change the way we think"

The extensive use of the internet and other technologies around the world has greatly affected the way we think these days. We no longer take time to critically think about situations or sit and contemplate about issues in the world. We now get answers to everything with a click of a button. We rely on the internet and other browsers for answers. In a way you can say that the internet has taken over our mind. We rely on information that is given to us by others and we don’t stop and think if the information is correct or even look at the flaws in the information given to us. We tend to just read the information and believe it is true; everyone has done this at some point. A couple years ago people would have to memorize a lot of things but now we don’t even bother with memorization, we just choose to look it up when it is needed. We can no longer concentrate for long periods of times nor do we have patients because we are use to everything coming at us so quickly that we can no longer bear to wait. We try to do a lot more in one day than most would do in a couple of days back then since we have information coming at us so quickly. Since the information comes so fast we do not have time to process it all thoroughly and we loose opportunities to learn. It is funny to think that back then when someone was interested in a certain topic they would get out there and experience it personally and learn about it by actively participating in it but now we look up the things we are interested in. Say we are interested in football, back then people would go out there play the game and watch the game be played but now we watch it on television or look it up on the web. Schooling back in the day was also different, they would learn straight out of the book or from what the teacher said, they would not have the opportunities to share ideas on blogs or to do much research. All their research came from books. Don’t get me wrong, the internet has provided a lot of opportunities for us. It has helped this world advance and get to the great stage it is in today. The only problem is that people do not tend to use it in an affective way; we use it as a way to make things more simple for ourselves and save time. If we would learn how to use it effectively and learn how to be one step ahead of the internet it would make this society function in a more productive way.