Too frequent use of digital media reduces the mental capacity of children

http://www.currentconcerns.ch/index.php?id=2095

by sgt • 12 years ago

8 4 12 years ago

Adults, too.

shirro• 12 years ago

Is digital media itself harmful? I really doubt it. I think there is a considerable luddite element amongst some academics. I would guess the problem with digital media is the opportunity cost. It is time that could be spent understanding the natural world, other people, exercising, reading, creating things etc. Kids simply spend too much time with technology and do too much of the same thing with it. The sensible thing for parents would be to set limits and to encourage the use of technology as more of a tool.

Many of the same arguments people make about digital media damaging kids brains could be made about schools.

jpindar• 12 years ago

But analog media was OK, right?

nishonia• 12 years ago

Folks are going to have to suck it up and accept the fact that the human experience is always changing. Cursive writing and the Dewey Decimal system were once important, and we may be getting to the point now where rote memorization is universally a waste of time.

Too frequent use of digital media reduces the mental capacity of children

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