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This thought came to me earlier when discussing the merits of VAR. Now, being a child of the 90's I was leaving school at a time when the Internet and technology were really starting to boom so I've grown up mostly with them both and utilised them in my learning. However, I have really started to notice over the last couple of years how much detriment it has seemingly caused to my brain and will likely only get worse as I get older and technology improves (hello VR).

Basically, I cannot count anymore, genuinely cannot even do simple addition sums in my head because I’m so used to a computer or calculator helping me. I've worked daily with Excel for over 10 years so my brain has decided to completely forget how to do quite basic math since why would it need to? I also frankly cannot spell anymore due to the strength of autocorrect - have you ever turned off autocorrect on your phone and sent a text to test it? You'll be shocked at how unreadable it is. Memorising things? Nope. Who needs to remember dates, facts, footie results when you can simply Google them for the answer. I know more now than I've ever known but I also feel like I'm the dumbest I've ever been in my life. At this point I am just a walking talking conduit for the Internet.

Is it just me that thinks about this? I dread to think how devolved humans would be if technology ever went dark. If I'm anything to go by we'd die out through sheer stupidity within 5 years.
 

I agree. My maths is good but my ability to spell is awful. Have you tried writing with a pen recently? Christ it's difficult! Do people still use pen's other than for signing official paperwork?

And it's not just mental damage either. I'm undergoing intensive physio for office syndrome. Sitting at a laptop for 10-12 hours a day is seriously bad for your posture which leads to nerve damage. When I'm not at a laptop I'm hunched over my phone. I've taken 3 work free days off in 14 years and they happened because I was in the Solomon Islands and the internet was basically non-existent. I look at kids today with their fast food diets, lack of exercise and a working environment that never switches off and think we're approaching a situation where life spans start to decrease because we think medicine will cure our lifestyles. It won't.
 

Nymzee said:
This thought came to me earlier when discussing the merits of VAR. Now, being a child of the 90's I was leaving school at a time when the Internet and technology were really starting to boom so I've grown up mostly with them both and utilised them in my learning. However, I have really started to notice over the last couple of years how much detriment it has seemingly caused to my brain and will likely only get worse as I get older and technology improves (hello VR).

Basically, I cannot count anymore, genuinely cannot even do simple addition sums in my head because I’m so used to a computer or calculator helping me. I've worked daily with Excel for over 10 years so my brain has decided to completely forget how to do quite basic math since why would it need to? I also frankly cannot spell anymore due to the strength of autocorrect - have you ever turned off autocorrect on your phone and sent a text to test it? You'll be shocked at how unreadable it is. Memorising things? Nope. Who needs to remember dates, facts, footie results when you can simply Google them for the answer. I know more now than I've ever known but I also feel like I'm the dumbest I've ever been in my life. At this point I am just a walking talking conduit for the Internet.

Is it just me that thinks about this? I dread to think how devolved humans would be if technology ever went dark. If I'm anything to go by we'd die out through sheer stupidity within 5 years.
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We've been dying of sheer stupidity for 500,000yrs never mind 5
 
Bkk Andy said:
I agree. My maths is good but my ability to spell is awful. Have you tried writing with a pen recently? Christ it's difficult! Do people still use pen's other than for signing official paperwork?

And it's not just mental damage either. I'm undergoing intensive physio for office syndrome. Sitting at a laptop for 10-12 hours a day is seriously bad for your posture which leads to nerve damage. When I'm not at a laptop I'm hunched over my phone. I've taken 3 work free days off in 14 years and they happened because I was in the Solomon Islands and the internet was basically non-existent. I look at kids today with their fast food diets, lack of exercise and a working environment that never switches off and think we're approaching a situation where life spans start to decrease because we think medicine will cure our lifestyles. It won't.
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Totally agree. The future is frightening..
 

Nymzee said:
This thought came to me earlier when discussing the merits of VAR. Now, being a child of the 90's I was leaving school at a time when the Internet and technology were really starting to boom so I've grown up mostly with them both and utilised them in my learning. However, I have really started to notice over the last couple of years how much detriment it has seemingly caused to my brain and will likely only get worse as I get older and technology improves (hello VR).

Basically, I cannot count anymore, genuinely cannot even do simple addition sums in my head because I’m so used to a computer or calculator helping me. I've worked daily with Excel for over 10 years so my brain has decided to completely forget how to do quite basic math since why would it need to? I also frankly cannot spell anymore due to the strength of autocorrect - have you ever turned off autocorrect on your phone and sent a text to test it? You'll be shocked at how unreadable it is. Memorising things? Nope. Who needs to remember dates, facts, footie results when you can simply Google them for the answer. I know more now than I've ever known but I also feel like I'm the dumbest I've ever been in my life. At this point I am just a walking talking conduit for the Internet.

Is it just me that thinks about this? I dread to think how devolved humans would be if technology ever went dark. If I'm anything to go by we'd die out through sheer stupidity within 5 years.
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Read it a few years back, sums up where we are likely headed
 
I've noticed my ability to calculate - even simple numbers - is much less since I quit teaching and just stopped doing it on a daily basis. I dont blame computers for that, but if computers do it for you then its the lack of practice that does you in. Use it or lose it so they say.

Before teaching I could speell pretty done gud. But exposure over 30 yearsish of little grots spelling all kind of words in all kinds of wrong ways leaves me increasingly full of doubts these days.

The Internet is an enormous source of knowledge that makes remembering things less important. What is more important is learning to discriminate and judge what is factually coherent and what is kopite, daily mail inspired far right drivel.
 

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