This article was very interesting in the sense that I could read this and think, "yup, that's me." It seems that the speed we are able to access information now comes with a very high cost - our attention span. The internet has made it so easy for us by letting us read what we want to read, and skipping the parts we don't. This may be OK for casual reading, but when it comes to comprehension and analysis of longer reading the trend is hugely detrimental.
I sometimes wonder how this trend has affected other countries, like countries mentioned in the article that use symbol written systems rather than a traditional alphabet. The author did say that these people are wired differently, and it may not affect them as much. Furthermore, I would like to know if a symbolic system of language overall raises the intelligence of humans because countries like South Korea and Japan are so far ahead of the U.S. when it comes to test scores, or if some other factor contributes to the lack of success in America.
Now, I'm going to try to take it upon myself to watch what reading techniques I'm using when I use the internet.
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