Digital Dementia

Today's generation is more connected to technology and are living faster paced lives than any other generation preceding them. In the generation of the millennials the presents of technology is everywhere from the time they wake up till the time they go to sleep; they are influenced by technology in all aspects of their life. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, “Children 11 to 14 spend more than 50 hours a week in front of a screen” (qtd. in Egan and Egan). This connection to technology consumes a lot of their time and leaves little to no time to concentrate on the physical world around them. Technology hinders a millennials ability to have a sense of connection and responsibility for their natural world.

Kids, teens and adults are now constantly navigating the internet or using some sort of technology. In the article “Is the Onslaught Making Us Crazy” by Tony Dokoupil, different psychologist claim that technology has a bad influence on the human mind. Throughout the text, real life examples, showing psychological breakdowns, are used to support the statement.

Technology in today's world affect everyone about the same since we can not live without. The amount of different activities and possibilities to do on the internet using different devices is immense . Whatever you want if it is food,games, or researching something anyone can receive in a matter of seconds. Tammy Kennon who is the author of , “ 5 New Brain Disorders that Were Born Out of the Digital Age” states the negatives about the technology devices that run the world. She tells us about how our patience, attention spans, and memory are all affected due to that fact that we are obsessed with electronics. In today’s world everyone relies on web searches like google to answer a question or do something for them. When a research was conducted by researchers they found out that”[O]ne -Third of them did not even try, reaching for google immediately” this shows how much people rely

In attempts to connect with millennials about why technology is harmful to young adults, Tyler includes hard scientific facts in her article. By including facts, the article appeals to readers who need justifiable proof to back up the article. Tyler discusses the damage that is potentially being done to the millennials brains by their frequent use of phones by including the fact that scientists used to think the brain was close to completely formed by

In this article, Prensky starts by stating obvious differences between this generation, and the ones that precede it. Today, "Digital Natives" or another popular term "Millennials" lives are proof of the impact of technology. They watch more TV, play more video games, and have mastered the art of multitasking constantly being surrounded by gizmos and gadgets. The author describes

The author addresses the undeniable issues of society’s constant connection to technology. The brain can develop imbalances, for example, deficits in ability to concentrate, short attention, memory span, and emotional disturbances, such as depression (Gwinn

Today’s society is drastically different from the previous. In the past, the most advanced technology was working electricity, no one had to worry about checking their work emails at home. Today we are constantly surrounded by technology, in fact we come in contact with it so often we are almost fully dependent on it in the work place, and at home. Richard Restak shows us the negative effects of that dependency in his essay “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era”. We are constantly at work with technology, and it is literally changing the way we operate. Matt Richtel has proof of this in his article based off a study by some neurologists titled “Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain”. Today, we have little to no control over our addiction to technology and our work life, the two have merged into one stress filled existence. However, Alexandra Samuel lets us know there are better ways to deal with our technology based work addiction than quitting cold turkey in her article “’Plug In Better’: A Manifesto”. Due to technology, our work and personal lives have become impossible to decipher, leaving no time for a stress free and balanced life away from the office.

When we walked into the 21century, technology has not only become an important part of our daily life, it has been advanced at a rate we could never imagined. Technology broadens our horizon and shows us so many aspects of the world. However, the more advanced technology becomes, the more we lose our ability to care for others, which is a significant part of our humanity. We use machines a lot more in our daily life instead of ourselves. Due to this, the open world makes it more difficult to concentrate and focus on ourselves , others and our environment. In “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era”, Richard believes that modern technology makes us less attentive and hard to concentrate on one thing. The development of technology does bring us convenience and let communication become easier and faster, while we become too rely on our technology and use them to store our memories, communicating and so on. In “We Are a Camera”, Nick claims that we are more likely to use electronic products to record our memories instead of our own brain.Technology could make people become too lazy to memorize or talk to each other face to face. The development of technology lets us become more connected to the whole world, however, we also spend less time with our close friends and family. We are losing our humanity because we rely on technology more than ourselves, this is shown evident through cognitive attempts at multi-tasking which is to follow society’s fast speed and focus

“Net Gens” can describe some people around my age. Growing up I used to watch a ton of television with my older brother and sister, but we would go outside a lot to play and be active. I had a cellphone in 6th grade the downside about it was I couldn’t even text due to the fact it would charge me. I would hang out with my friends and stay out it wasn’t until I was in 8th grade is when technology was advancing and more social media and other technology booms occurred. I see people who are 4 years younger than me and so on to be affected by technology in a negative way. Many of these people gained a smartphone in elementary school and this can affect making friends or even cyber bullying at a younger age. Because of smartphones and new video games kids are less likely to play leading to obesity. I can relate to this because my friend coaches a youth program at my old elementary school now they would combine the 4th and 5th grade team for flag

Technology is making it hard to focus, bringing sleep deprivation into their lives and depleting their school performance, also obesity can occur.

In this day and age it's hard to find someone who is not on their phone or computer all the time. As technology has advanced, so has its accessibility. More people have it at younger ages. While it has helped improve lives around the world, there are some down sides. Technology is creating a generation of young people who can not problem solve and have a shortening attention span.

Technology use is growing in the workforce and it can be helpful but I can also hinder the millennial generation by enabling the basic writing skills, decision making and communication skills. The baby boomers are moving out the way so the millennial can become the future leaders of America. The wall street journal (2014) said, cellphones are used as a monitor for parents to check in on their children or they children are able to call when they can’t defeat an obstacle in their life. That is leaving them unable to make decision on their own. Relying to technology so autocorrect their mistakes and give them instant answer to question are not allowing them the basic skills they need to succeed on their own.

Technology caused various of changes in this world. In the article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” the author Jean M. Twenge discuss how technology has caused a different effect on teen. “I called them iGen. Born between 1995 and 2012, members of this generation are growing up with smartphones...” Many teens now are dependent on texting then having a group conversation as compared to generations we can see the differences. The generation after 2012, which Twenge calls iGen, rely more on smartphones than earlier generation. iGen use of social media, like Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook, began before they even started going to school. These kinds of uses have caused health issues, and teens are going out less to parks and using less outside resources. While it be safer that kids stay inside, they are more likely to go into depression. Smartphones have made teens less able to communicate, caused a higher risk to their health, and become too much in a iGens life.

Technology is used for so many different purposes from the science field to the engineering field people use technology in just about anything they do. One of the main problems people see with the millennial generation is that they are always on their phone, but this can be a good thing. This is because they have a constant need for information and being connected with the world. Before all this technology when people wanted to know what was happening on the other side of the world they may have to wait a long time, but now it’s accessible from people’s fingertips. As the world goes to a more technology based work system, there is a less need of mechanically inclined generations, but instead workers that can work with technology. Just a 100 years ago we had almost none of the electronics that we have now.

The millennial generation has seen more change in technological adaptations and advancements than any generation thus far. As a collective group, we have turned from the CD player, to the IPOD, to Spotify and Pandora. We have gone from viewing our favorite movies on VCR, to DVD, to watching Netflix on our laptops. We have noticed the landline, the household phone’s, slow but steady irrelevance. These advancements are important and notable. However, there is something far more important than our literal technological innovations, and that is how they have affected our children and us.