Is Technology Making Us Smarter or Dumber?

Jared Cooney Horvath is a globally recognized Science of Learning expert committed to helping teachers, students and parents achieve better outcomes through applied brain and behavioral science.


This is Your Brain on Tech ...

As education continues to march headlong into a 'brave new digital-world' dominated by laptops, Zoom calls and online learning, it’s reasonable to wonder …

 

How is all this technology impacting our brains?

 

Right now, this question seems to be on everyone’s mind. In fact, you can hardly fire up the internet without coming across this very issue:

  • Is the Internet Killing Our Brains? [The Guardian]

  • Are Smart Phones Making Us Stupid? [Psychology Today]

  • Is Facebook on a Secret Crusade to Harvest Our Souls for Profit? [Harvard Business Review]

Okay, so maybe we made up that last one … but you get the idea.  

 

Anyway, in this video from our Think Bubble series, we tackle this pressing question head on.

 

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Video Transcript

[This video was adapted from an article by Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath in the May 2020 edition of The Scientist]

 

As society continues to march headlong into a “brave new digital-world” dominated by smart phones, virtual assistants and artificial intelligence, it’s reasonable to wonder …

 

How is all this technology impacting our brains?

 

Right now, this question seems to be on everyone’s mind …

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