tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post93104589402902630..comments2024-02-07T21:24:37.121-08:00Comments on Blogtrotter: Can books (or blogs) loosen our electronic leash?John L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-10644560675592938322010-01-28T12:33:45.291-08:002010-01-28T12:33:45.291-08:00I think you have put your finger on the contradict...I think you have put your finger on the contradiction that is inherent in technological communication. We are repulsed by it and we can't do without it. I agree with the other poster above that the internet is destroying our concentration. I teach in a school where every student has a laptop (a tablet) and teacher's are frowned upon if they don't integrate enough technology - they are considered old school, has beens and possibly cynics, which is the greatest crime of all to those with a totalitarian mindset. Today I caught a student in class during my lesson on skyp. I am reminded of what Werner Herzog said: "The more we communicate through technology the less we will communicate through our selfs."P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-54934898700563298362010-01-06T14:11:42.457-08:002010-01-06T14:11:42.457-08:00There's competing articles in the Atlantic Mon...There's competing articles in the <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/" rel="nofollow">Atlantic Monthly</a> over here. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" & the inevitable rejoinder, "Is Google Making Us Smarter?" Not sure which, for as you, VS, I do find the Net both a comfort and a distraction, in equal amounts-- but is that different than a book, or watching TV, or imbibing, or travelling, or a sport or hobby?John L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-19182636538864658932010-01-06T07:28:04.603-08:002010-01-06T07:28:04.603-08:00I think using the internet has seriously damaged m...I think using the internet has seriously damaged my ability to concentrate and at the same time made me even more of a magpie for snippets of shiny info. I find myself wanting to watch two or three You Tube videos simultaneously because I'm impatient to have seen them rather than to see them. I always have several books on the go at once and as a result I cannot remember what I have read and only rarely do I actually finish one. I keep telling myself I'll have an internet fast, but it seems it is one more addiction / obsession among my other obsessions. If we had a week-long power cut, it would do my brain a power of good.Ipmilathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370120491927658242noreply@blogger.com