TECHNOLOGY AND OUR KIDS
I am increasingly struck by the broad range of reactions to the continuous flow of technology that never seems to stop bombarding us from all sides - sometimes seeming to overwhelm. There are those who embrace it as though it is a new source of strength echoing Kevin Kellys view that we “evolve’ with technology and that it is a source of good. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_technology_wants_kevin_kelly_theory_of_evolution.php There are others who believe that it is an insidious negative fog that is slowly strangling the creativity out of our youth as they while away their lives in front of TV’s , online playing interactive games or Tweeting and ‘connecting’ via social networks. Jaron Lanier says that ‘ technology reduces our humanity’ - promoting the hive mentality over individual expression. ( http://www.jaronlanier.com/ ) I have to say that, whenever I find my daughter watching a mindless sitcom (aimed at teenagers although she is only 8) I find myself firml