In a 2008 article for The Atlantic, Nicholas Carr asked, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr argued that the internet as a whole, not just Google, has been “chipping away [at his] capacity for concentration and contemplation.” He was concerned that the internet was “reprogramming us.” [1]
Sin embargo, Carr también señaló que deberíamos "ser escépticos de [su] escepticismo," porque tal vez él es "sólo un preocupado". Explicó: "Así como hay una tendencia a glorificar el progreso tecnológico, hay una contratendencia a esperar lo peor de cada nueva herramienta o máquina"[1].
El artículo, y el siguiente libro de Carr, The Shalows: What the Internet le está haciendo a nuestros cerebros (2010, revisado en 2020), encendió un debate continuo dentro y fuera de Internet sobre cómo el medio está cambiando la forma en que pensamos, cómo interactuamos con el texto y entre nosotros, y el tejido mismo de la sociedad en su conjunto. [1]
¿Es Internet "Making Us Stupid"? **Take the ProCon Poll**
Cuestiones de debate
1. ¿Internet nos está haciendo, como sociedad, "estúpidos"? Cita tu evidencia y explica cómo crees que Internet es o no "haciéndonos estúpidos".
2. ¿Afecta Internet a su forma de pensar? ¿Has notado efectos buenos o malos después de estar en línea? ¿Qué efectos y qué estabas haciendo en línea que crees que causó esos efectos?
3. ¿Cómo podemos usar Internet de manera responsable? Dar ejemplos y explicar por qué son importantes.
Tomar acción
1. Lea el argumento pro original de Nicholas Carr en el Atlántico.
2. Analice los comentarios de 11 expertos sobre si el "uso constante de tecnologías digitales [están] afectando a nuestra salud cerebral" en Vox.
3. Considere ejemplos históricos de tecnofobia en Slate.
4. Considere cómo se sintió acerca del tema antes de leer este artículo. Después de leer los pros y los contras sobre este tema, ¿ha cambiado su pensamiento? Si es así, ¿cómo? Lista de dos a tres maneras. Si sus pensamientos no han cambiado, enumere de dos a tres maneras su mejor comprensión del "otro lado del tema" ahora le ayuda a argumentar mejor su posición.
5. Impulsar por la posición y las políticas que usted apoya escribiendo senadores y representantes nacionales de EE.UU.
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