Ob "On The Media" link.

Post #321,774 by Another Scott 2/20/10 7:16:39 PM Reply	Ob "On The Media" link. This was a good segment today - http://www.onthemedi...pts/2010/02/19/07 Future Shock, Past and Present February 19, 2010 Just about every week, a TV news segment or magazine cover scares us with the prospect that new media technology is damaging our brains, our social skills and our culture. But, says neuropsychologist Dr. Vaughn Bell, take a long look back and youÂll see that every new development Â from the printing press to radio to Facebook Â has been regarded with suspicion. (The link points to an article in Slate - http://www.slate.com...4198/pagenum/all/ ) Transcript available on Monday. The audio is 6 minutes (2.5 MB .mp3). Cheers, Scott.
Post #321,775 by Ashton 2/20/10 7:59:34 PM Reply	Why yes.. just look at what the deconstruction of one word, Certainty.. is doing for 'religion' in general, and Fundamentalism in particular, eh?
Post #321,781 by mhuber 2/20/10 11:25:59 PM Reply	Older than that Some of the older texts of the Greek philosophers complain about the new technology's effects on the young. The new tech being literature. A lot of literate kids can't memorize even the most basic epic poems. They were right, too. I'm a pretty smart guy, I love that epic poetry, and I couldn't recite more than a few lines of my favorite epics to get myself out of Hades. Paraphrase, sure. But not recite. I blame the written word. So seductive, so addictive. So brain-rotting. And yes, in a few minutes I'll be popping Quake II in the drive (and vodka in the glass) and rotting my brain even faster.
Post #321,784 by Another Scott 2/20/10 11:34:55 PM Reply	He mentioned that. :-) And I agree with you. Memorization used to be nearly a life-or-death skill. I have trouble remembering how old I am any more.... Cheers, Scott.
Post #321,796 by drook 2/21/10 10:04:32 AM Reply	Jut last night I had to do math to remember my age -- Drew

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