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Edgar Mkhitaryan
31 October 2020 - 09:24 AM
In my opinion, it is so true that many of the people around me and I have this dependency and compulsiveness nature to technology. Yes, it does make my life…
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Andrew Viceroy
17 December 2018 - 01:38 AM
Genevieve spoke about smart tech increasing safety, but I wish that she would have pushed that more as a form of intelligence. Too much focus on the smart tech as…
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Andrew Viceroy
17 December 2018 - 01:19 AM
I was hoping that the "us" in "Smart Technology Is Making Us Dumb" would be discussed more deeply. I'm talking about identity in more abstract ways. Andy Clark and the…
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Donald Trump
1 November 2017 - 17:56 PM
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Donald Trump
1 November 2017 - 17:55 PM
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Jeremy Anderson
16 August 2017 - 20:15 PM
Some good points in this, especially about taking the time to think on things being a bad thing nowadays. I have a question though. When you say smart = intelligent,…
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L B
19 February 2017 - 12:09 PM
Based on the presupposition that smart = intelligent and that the inverse applies to ‘dumb’, the new technologies are rendering obsolete the very real physical and cognitive processes by which…
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christian davis
7 December 2016 - 21:39 PM
I feel smart technology is making us dumb. We need to realize that we are spending less time talking to people and enjoying what is around us because of smart…
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Phillip Scott
6 December 2016 - 05:37 AM
Some argue even though you have accesses to unbelievable amounts of information and data it all goes to waste, because your brain isn’t built to processes and store all of…
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27 May 2016 - 22:59 PM
On 2016-05-27 18:59:43, Kyle wrote:Late to the debate but this fascinates me as I've been following a sort of de-evolution that is occurring amongst the human race. As far as…
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22 August 2015 - 19:05 PM
On 2015-08-22 15:05:41, Kevin Currie-Knight wrote:In this debate, there was some talk about clarifying terms, like distinguishing between information and knowledge, or distinguishing what we mean by 'smart technology.' But…
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9 July 2015 - 01:30 AM
On 2015-07-08 21:30:36, Chinh wrote:Speaking from my own experience and observation, it is so true that I and many of the people around me have this dependency and compulsiveness nature…
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30 June 2015 - 11:15 AM
On 2015-06-30 07:15:54, Justin wrote:Smart technology, like all technology, is making the smart people smarter and the dumb people dumber. Duh.
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28 May 2015 - 07:23 AM
On 2015-05-28 03:23:35, Thabiso Mhlaba wrote:May I say that the most disappointing thing is no one mentioning podcasts and all the other new media that have become available as the…
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27 May 2015 - 08:49 AM
On 2015-05-27 04:49:14, Rebecca wrote:It's ironic that Those on the side of technology are way less articulate
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26 May 2015 - 21:59 PM
On 2015-05-26 17:59:18, Ann Heiser wrote:I found this debate severely limited by it's lack of factual content. There was no discussion of actual research. I found it disturbingly superficial.
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26 May 2015 - 19:23 PM
On 2015-05-26 15:23:18, Jim wrote:We may be addressing a symptom here rather than a cause. It has been my experience that the triumph of capitalism over all other motivations has…
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24 May 2015 - 21:48 PM
On 2015-05-24 17:48:31, jae wrote:I'm listening to this debate and can't help but being upset by the simple minded premises of this topic "IS SMART TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING US DUMB?"…
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22 May 2015 - 19:51 PM
On 2015-05-22 15:51:18, Gary Ricke wrote:"For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust…
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21 May 2015 - 17:13 PM
On 2015-05-21 13:13:51, Giles Jackson wrote:Smart technology - as with all new tech over the millennia is a double edged sword. The Socrates argument about literacy making people forgetful was…
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21 May 2015 - 00:43 AM
This was an excellent debate despite the fundamental flaw associated with the framing of the topic, it was far too ambiguous. The term "making us dumb", does not lend itself…
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20 May 2015 - 21:56 PM
On 2015-05-20 17:56:01, Tait wrote:The title of this debate was catchy, but its turbidity muddled every interaction. I don't think that the panelists held irreconcilable views. Does anyone else think…
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20 May 2015 - 11:21 AM
On 2015-05-20 07:21:26, Tuan Tong wrote:Smart technology is good for people. We know easily what is happened around the world.
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18 May 2015 - 09:59 AM
On 2015-05-18 05:59:20, Christopher Marsh wrote:Tools have always helped smart people get smarter, freeing them up to grow.
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16 May 2015 - 06:53 AM
On 2015-05-16 02:53:30, Doug wrote:I was disappointed that the Cuba question was never quite fully articulated nor was it really addressed by the debaters. The nearly asked question was -…
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14 May 2015 - 04:26 AM
Key point: obessive To borrow a phase from a very smart organiztion: Technology as Servant My posiiton: books, culture, art, critical thinking feeds my soul; I find tehnology to simply…
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14 May 2015 - 03:52 AM
One thing nobody has mentioned is the attention being given by smartphone designers to what the proposing side is calling 'information overload'. For instance, the latest Android OS updates have…
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14 May 2015 - 03:23 AM
'The death of recorded music'? Perhaps, but it's been replaced by the dawn of streaming music services. Mr. Keen isn't too... Keen, methinks.
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14 May 2015 - 03:19 AM
On 2015-05-13 23:19:48, Vicki Cobb wrote:You might be interested in a Huff Post piece I wrote on this after reading Nicholas Carr's book The Shallows: Can I Please Have Your…
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14 May 2015 - 02:57 AM
On 2015-05-13 22:57:03, Thomas Tilley wrote:Technology makes us more task oriented and less people oriented; thereby, knowledge without purpose, cause, less critical, and no connection to human reasoning or personal…
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5 May 2015 - 22:03 PM
On 2015-05-05 18:03:44, Daniel Wessel wrote:As usual with questions worthy of a debate, it depends. On the one hand, technology can aid our cognition. We can use these tools to…
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30 April 2015 - 02:06 AM
Technology doesn't change anybody's innate abilities per se (though it may make young people decide they don't need to be able to handwrite neatly, or do math in their heads).…
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30 April 2015 - 00:32 AM
On 2015-04-29 20:32:54, troy@aalbc.com wrote:There are people who make the most of the internet, utilizing it in such a way that it enhances their lives's (Andrew Caudell who posted on…
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29 April 2015 - 22:31 PM
On 2015-04-29 18:31:52, Ibrahim wrote:I have to start by talking first about the Educational System. Three books I have read speak about that and they are: - Dumbing Us Down.…
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25 April 2015 - 22:18 PM
Reliance on technology inevitably removes people, to greater or lesser degree, from the details of their physical surroundings; and the tremendous computing capacities now available greatly increase the degree of…
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24 April 2015 - 04:21 AM
On 2015-04-24 00:21:52, Danielle wrote:It is the person in control of smart technology that chooses how to use the product. They have the capability to choose one of two options:…
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18 March 2015 - 22:41 PM
With the ability to download apps from many different news sources, most of them at no cost to the consumer, as well as the ability to watch debates such as…
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