From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   JAB  writes:   
      
   > On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:53:40 -0300, Internetado   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>What is that doing to our brains?   
   >   
   > Dumbing down - "is the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual   
   > content within education, literature, cinema, news, video games and   
   > culture in order to relate to those unable to assimilate more   
   > sophisticated information."   
      
      
   There's a good book called _The Shallows_ that's related as well:   
   discusses how the information overload and ensuing temptation to   
   multi-task, eschew deep thinking in lieu of shallow skimming has changed   
   our brain patterns.  Few people actually manage to shut it all out to   
   concentrate deeply on a particular subject of interest, and that's   
   generally a bad thing.  There's a missing, conclusive link, but the   
   author shows that brain patterns can indeed be changed, then shows the   
   trends, and leaves you to connect the dots.  That's not totally fair,   
   but it will take a generation to see the effect.   
      
   If that's true, the "meme generation" is screwed.  They can't even   
   communicate with words anymore, as far as I can tell.  Spend a day on   
   http://imgur.com and see what I mean.  Funny stuff, but deep thinking it   
   is not, especially when the "community" has settled on certain pictures   
   to represent certain emotions, characters, or reactions.  Maybe it's all   
   in jest and I'm getting old, or maybe these kids don't know how to think   
   deeply for themselves anymore.   
      
   You and my lawn: separate.   
      
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