socialmedian: Are the Internets Rotting Our Brains?

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Submitted by Vincent Wright

Sep 07, 2008

Summary

“Are you concerned about internet addiction?” a woman asked a panel of internet entrepreneurs, including Craig from Craigslist, at the National Conference for Media Reform.

“No,” the panel answered resounding. Of course they weren’t concerned. The business models for companies like Craigslist depend on people with internet addictions. Read the full article

Comments (3)

Kenqyu,

Sep 07, 2008

Yes, but not to the extend the news network, TV, Hollywood and newspaper have been rotting out brains. In this current state, internet remains as a choice of medium. However, the future of the medium lies in internet than anything else.

Billso,

Sep 08, 2008

"Internet addiction" is such a vague term. Are we talking about web addiction? Social media? MySpace? Twitter? YouTube? I agree that some people spend way too much time in their web browser instead of doing their jobs or raising their families. But we have gone through simmilar problems with newspapers, radio, telephones, TV and other media.

Quinny,

Sep 08, 2008

I think the answer would be no in spite of the ambiguous use of "internet addiction", as it assumes that everybody uses it in the same way and for a single purpose.

If anything, certain usage methodologies (for lack of a better word) increase both the level of knowledge and response time without affecting an individual's motivation or incentive for learning about the world in a more traditional way, such as trial and error, etc.