How the Net Makes Us Smart
- Net penetration (greatest in North America)
- 1/2 the world online by 2015
- Wikipedia growth (content, knowledge creation - people interaction)
- Marc Prensky
How the net makes us Stupid
- Google Hot Trends - is this what knowledge we seek?
- Blogs, Politics & Polarization - 94% of political blog readers consume only blogs from one side if the ideological spectrum
- Is Google making us stupid
- Digital Natives debate - do we quickly accept Prensky? (See FNO)
- It allows us to spread ideas without deep thinking
- Read "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster ... we are removing ourselves from direct expereince and using mediated experience
Why smart <> wise (what is wisdom)
- If we have the pieces but not a deep understanding we have knowledge but no wisdom
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