De acordo com a nova pesquisa, que incluiu 1.021 especialistas e críticos de tecnologia, a hiperconectividade é uma boa mistura. 50% dos entrevistados concordaram que a internet é um local que estimula vários talentos e a habilidade de encontrar informação de relevância online. Mas 42% acredita que a hiperconectividade deixa o cérebro raso, com uma dependência da internet e dos serviços móveis.
“Períodos de atenção curta, resultado de interações rápidas, vão vir em detrimento do foco nos problemas maiores, e provavelmente vamos ver uma estagnação em muitas áreas: tecnologia, e até elementos sociais, como a literatura”, afirma Alvaro Retana, da HP. “As pessoas que vão liderar o avanço serão as que conseguirem se desconectar e focar”.
Previões péssimas
De acordo com Universisdade Elon e o Projeto Pew, que conduziram o estudo, a divisão entre os especialistas tecnológicos é perto de 50/50%. Muitos dos que responderam que a geração Y da internet tem vantagem mental temperaram essa opinião com avisos sobre o lado negro desse excesso de conectividade.
“Enquanto eles disseram que o acesso às pessoas e à informação aumentou intensamente com a era da internet móvel, eles adicionaram que já estão percebendo deficiências na habilidade de foco de atenção dos jovens, de ser paciente e de pensar profundamente”, afirma Janna Anderson, da Elon. “Alguns expressaram preocupações de que as modas estão levando a um futuro onde as pessoas serão consumidores rasos de informação, e muitos mencionaram o livro de George Orwell, ‘1984’”.
O livro citado descreve uma sociedade onde a informação é completamente controlada. Um dos que citaram o livro foi Paul Gardner-Stephen, da Universidade de Flinders.
“Poderes centralizados que podem controlar o acesso à internet conseguirão controlar muito as gerações futuras”, afirma Gardner-Stephen. “Será muito parecido com o ‘1984’, onde o controle foi atingido usando a linguagem para limitar e delimitar o pensamento, então os regimes futuros podem usar o acesso à internet para controlar o pensamento”.
Otimismo online
Muitos especialistas comentaram os talentos necessários para navegar na internet, e sugeriram que as pessoas que cresceram conectados vão se destacar.
“Não há dúvida de que o cérebro está sendo religado”, afirma Danah Boyd, pesquisadora da Microsoft. “As técnicas e mecanismos para entrar no sistema de atenção rápida serão muito úteis para as pessoas criativas”.
Outros especialistas afirmam que o uso da internet é como um “cérebro externo”, onde os fatos são armazenados, liberando espaço mental que vai além da memorização.
“A tomada de lugar da memorização pela análise será o grande boom da sociedade”, afirma Paul Jones, um especialista em novas mídias da Universidade da Carolina do Norte.
Mesmo que existam algumas diferenças de opinião entre os benefícios e os custos do aumento da importância da internet, os especialistas concordam que certas habilidades e talentos serão importantes para as gerações futuras.
Entre elas estão: a habilidade de cooperação para resolver problemas; a de pesquisas efetivas por informação; a de sintetizar informações de várias fontes; a de se concentrar; e a de filtrar a informação útil do “ruído” da internet.
“Existe uma preocupação palpável entre esses especialistas de que as novas divisões sociais e econômicas vão emergir entre aqueles que são motivados e ao mesmo tempo entendem das novas mídias”, afirma o coautor do estudo, Lee Rainie, deretor do Projeto Pew. “Eles pedem por uma reinvenção da educação púclica para ensinar essas habilidades e evitar os problemas de um estilo de vida hiperconectado”
Fonte: Hypescience.
Smartphones
were once an exciting technological development but these days they are
just boring tools. It’s not all about working or facebooking on your
phone right? Sometimes you just need to unwind and do some foolish
things (and no, we don’t mean sending compromising photos of yourself on
snapchat).
1. Have Arnold Schwarzenegger Record You a Voicemail Message
In
this way, if you’re looking for a great time with your smartphone and a
way to entertain loved ones, you’ll probably enjoy the new
possibilities you’ll have for pranking your friends with your
smartphone. We’ve come a long way from the days when The Jerky Boys used
landlines to get laughs, and as technology becomes more widespread we
may see a day when prank video-conferencing becomes the norm. Until that
time, these ideas may help you brighten yours and your friends’ day.
Read more at http://realitypod.com/2013/10/the-5-silliest-things-you-can-do-with-your-smartphone-today/#l1lyr5WjFqrb8wCK.99
1. Have Arnold Schwarzenegger Record You a Voicemail Message
A new digital age has certainly put people in
touch with one another in unprecedented ways. Fortunately, it has also
put more people in touch with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator has
been known to respond to his fans on user-based news site Reddit, and if
you’re lucky he might just record a custom voicemail message for you.
2. Change Your Roommate’s Status Update
This is borderline illegal so we do not condone it but if you’re
really close with your roommate, and they enjoy sharing a good joke, you
can prank them by seeing if they’ve left open their Facebook account on
their smartphone while they’re asleep and leaving a funny status update
on their homepage.If on waking they realize that for the past four
hours their friends have been left speechless at the long pledges of
allegiance to the music of Justin Bieber appearing in their name, they
may learn about the perils of leaving phones lying around in a humorous
way.
3. Whip Out a Photo of Your New ‘Pet’
When meeting a stranger, you might take advantage of the photo
album storage on your phone by telling them about your stray dog Charles
before showing them a photo of an elephant. When the stranger tells you
that what you are showing them is not a dog but is in fact an elephant,
you should insist that, according to the guy you bought him from on
Craigslist, Charles is one of the larger, hairless breeds of dog.
4. Create the Silliest Work of Art Ever
The ubiquity of digital cameras in smartphones has certainly led to
an ease in creating funny pictures to entertain your friends. In one
remarkable instance, a woman recently passed time on an airplane trip by photographing herself with her cell phone in the style of 15th Century Flemish portraiture.
5. Prank Strangers and Loved Ones
Since the widespread use of smartphones has paralleled the
widespread use of Craigslist ads in recent years, some people have taken
to pranking Craigslist posters with funny texts. Asking someone
offering a van for hire if they will engage in an A-Team-style rescue
mission may just provide some much-needed comic relief in your life. Or
you could text your parents pretending you are a drug dealer –
guaranteed to elicit comical results – or a heart attack:
In
this way, if you’re looking for a great time with your smartphone and a
way to entertain loved ones, you’ll probably enjoy the new
possibilities you’ll have for pranking your friends with your
smartphone. We’ve come a long way from the days when The Jerky Boys used
landlines to get laughs, and as technology becomes more widespread we
may see a day when prank video-conferencing becomes the norm. Until that
time, these ideas may help you brighten yours and your friends’ day.Read more at http://realitypod.com/2013/10/the-5-silliest-things-you-can-do-with-your-smartphone-today/#l1lyr5WjFqrb8wCK.99
Smartphones
were once an exciting technological development but these days they are
just boring tools. It’s not all about working or facebooking on your
phone right? Sometimes you just need to unwind and do some foolish
things (and no, we don’t mean sending compromising photos of yourself on
snapchat).
1. Have Arnold Schwarzenegger Record You a Voicemail Message
In
this way, if you’re looking for a great time with your smartphone and a
way to entertain loved ones, you’ll probably enjoy the new
possibilities you’ll have for pranking your friends with your
smartphone. We’ve come a long way from the days when The Jerky Boys used
landlines to get laughs, and as technology becomes more widespread we
may see a day when prank video-conferencing becomes the norm. Until that
time, these ideas may help you brighten yours and your friends’ day.
Read more at http://realitypod.com/2013/10/the-5-silliest-things-you-can-do-with-your-smartphone-today/#l1lyr5WjFqrb8wCK.99
1. Have Arnold Schwarzenegger Record You a Voicemail Message
A new digital age has certainly put people in
touch with one another in unprecedented ways. Fortunately, it has also
put more people in touch with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator has
been known to respond to his fans on user-based news site Reddit, and if
you’re lucky he might just record a custom voicemail message for you.
2. Change Your Roommate’s Status Update
This is borderline illegal so we do not condone it but if you’re
really close with your roommate, and they enjoy sharing a good joke, you
can prank them by seeing if they’ve left open their Facebook account on
their smartphone while they’re asleep and leaving a funny status update
on their homepage.If on waking they realize that for the past four
hours their friends have been left speechless at the long pledges of
allegiance to the music of Justin Bieber appearing in their name, they
may learn about the perils of leaving phones lying around in a humorous
way.
3. Whip Out a Photo of Your New ‘Pet’
When meeting a stranger, you might take advantage of the photo
album storage on your phone by telling them about your stray dog Charles
before showing them a photo of an elephant. When the stranger tells you
that what you are showing them is not a dog but is in fact an elephant,
you should insist that, according to the guy you bought him from on
Craigslist, Charles is one of the larger, hairless breeds of dog.
4. Create the Silliest Work of Art Ever
The ubiquity of digital cameras in smartphones has certainly led to
an ease in creating funny pictures to entertain your friends. In one
remarkable instance, a woman recently passed time on an airplane trip by photographing herself with her cell phone in the style of 15th Century Flemish portraiture.
5. Prank Strangers and Loved Ones
Since the widespread use of smartphones has paralleled the
widespread use of Craigslist ads in recent years, some people have taken
to pranking Craigslist posters with funny texts. Asking someone
offering a van for hire if they will engage in an A-Team-style rescue
mission may just provide some much-needed comic relief in your life. Or
you could text your parents pretending you are a drug dealer –
guaranteed to elicit comical results – or a heart attack:
In
this way, if you’re looking for a great time with your smartphone and a
way to entertain loved ones, you’ll probably enjoy the new
possibilities you’ll have for pranking your friends with your
smartphone. We’ve come a long way from the days when The Jerky Boys used
landlines to get laughs, and as technology becomes more widespread we
may see a day when prank video-conferencing becomes the norm. Until that
time, these ideas may help you brighten yours and your friends’ day.Read more at http://realitypod.com/2013/10/the-5-silliest-things-you-can-do-with-your-smartphone-today/#l1lyr5WjFqrb8wCK.99
Smartphones
were once an exciting technological development but these days they are
just boring tools. It’s not all about working or facebooking on your
phone right? Sometimes you just need to unwind and do some foolish
things (and no, we don’t mean sending compromising photos of yourself on
snapchat).
1. Have Arnold Schwarzenegger Record You a Voicemail Message
In
this way, if you’re looking for a great time with your smartphone and a
way to entertain loved ones, you’ll probably enjoy the new
possibilities you’ll have for pranking your friends with your
smartphone. We’ve come a long way from the days when The Jerky Boys used
landlines to get laughs, and as technology becomes more widespread we
may see a day when prank video-conferencing becomes the norm. Until that
time, these ideas may help you brighten yours and your friends’ day.
Read more at http://realitypod.com/2013/10/the-5-silliest-things-you-can-do-with-your-smartphone-today/#l1lyr5WjFqrb8wCK.99
1. Have Arnold Schwarzenegger Record You a Voicemail Message
A new digital age has certainly put people in
touch with one another in unprecedented ways. Fortunately, it has also
put more people in touch with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator has
been known to respond to his fans on user-based news site Reddit, and if
you’re lucky he might just record a custom voicemail message for you.
2. Change Your Roommate’s Status Update
This is borderline illegal so we do not condone it but if you’re
really close with your roommate, and they enjoy sharing a good joke, you
can prank them by seeing if they’ve left open their Facebook account on
their smartphone while they’re asleep and leaving a funny status update
on their homepage.If on waking they realize that for the past four
hours their friends have been left speechless at the long pledges of
allegiance to the music of Justin Bieber appearing in their name, they
may learn about the perils of leaving phones lying around in a humorous
way.
3. Whip Out a Photo of Your New ‘Pet’
When meeting a stranger, you might take advantage of the photo
album storage on your phone by telling them about your stray dog Charles
before showing them a photo of an elephant. When the stranger tells you
that what you are showing them is not a dog but is in fact an elephant,
you should insist that, according to the guy you bought him from on
Craigslist, Charles is one of the larger, hairless breeds of dog.
4. Create the Silliest Work of Art Ever
The ubiquity of digital cameras in smartphones has certainly led to
an ease in creating funny pictures to entertain your friends. In one
remarkable instance, a woman recently passed time on an airplane trip by photographing herself with her cell phone in the style of 15th Century Flemish portraiture.
5. Prank Strangers and Loved Ones
Since the widespread use of smartphones has paralleled the
widespread use of Craigslist ads in recent years, some people have taken
to pranking Craigslist posters with funny texts. Asking someone
offering a van for hire if they will engage in an A-Team-style rescue
mission may just provide some much-needed comic relief in your life. Or
you could text your parents pretending you are a drug dealer –
guaranteed to elicit comical results – or a heart attack:
In
this way, if you’re looking for a great time with your smartphone and a
way to entertain loved ones, you’ll probably enjoy the new
possibilities you’ll have for pranking your friends with your
smartphone. We’ve come a long way from the days when The Jerky Boys used
landlines to get laughs, and as technology becomes more widespread we
may see a day when prank video-conferencing becomes the norm. Until that
time, these ideas may help you brighten yours and your friends’ day.Read more at http://realitypod.com/2013/10/the-5-silliest-things-you-can-do-with-your-smartphone-today/#l1lyr5WjFqrb8wCK.99
Smartphones
were once an exciting technological development but these days they are
just boring tools. It’s not all about working or facebooking on your
phone right? Sometimes you just need to unwind and do some foolish
things (and no, we don’t mean sending compromising photos of yourself on
snapchat).
1. Have Arnold Schwarzenegger Record You a Voicemail Message
In
this way, if you’re looking for a great time with your smartphone and a
way to entertain loved ones, you’ll probably enjoy the new
possibilities you’ll have for pranking your friends with your
smartphone. We’ve come a long way from the days when The Jerky Boys used
landlines to get laughs, and as technology becomes more widespread we
may see a day when prank video-conferencing becomes the norm. Until that
time, these ideas may help you brighten yours and your friends’ day.
Read more at http://realitypod.com/2013/10/the-5-silliest-things-you-can-do-with-your-smartphone-today/#l1lyr5WjFqrb8wCK.99
1. Have Arnold Schwarzenegger Record You a Voicemail Message
A new digital age has certainly put people in
touch with one another in unprecedented ways. Fortunately, it has also
put more people in touch with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator has
been known to respond to his fans on user-based news site Reddit, and if
you’re lucky he might just record a custom voicemail message for you.
2. Change Your Roommate’s Status Update
This is borderline illegal so we do not condone it but if you’re
really close with your roommate, and they enjoy sharing a good joke, you
can prank them by seeing if they’ve left open their Facebook account on
their smartphone while they’re asleep and leaving a funny status update
on their homepage.If on waking they realize that for the past four
hours their friends have been left speechless at the long pledges of
allegiance to the music of Justin Bieber appearing in their name, they
may learn about the perils of leaving phones lying around in a humorous
way.
3. Whip Out a Photo of Your New ‘Pet’
When meeting a stranger, you might take advantage of the photo
album storage on your phone by telling them about your stray dog Charles
before showing them a photo of an elephant. When the stranger tells you
that what you are showing them is not a dog but is in fact an elephant,
you should insist that, according to the guy you bought him from on
Craigslist, Charles is one of the larger, hairless breeds of dog.
4. Create the Silliest Work of Art Ever
The ubiquity of digital cameras in smartphones has certainly led to
an ease in creating funny pictures to entertain your friends. In one
remarkable instance, a woman recently passed time on an airplane trip by photographing herself with her cell phone in the style of 15th Century Flemish portraiture.
5. Prank Strangers and Loved Ones
Since the widespread use of smartphones has paralleled the
widespread use of Craigslist ads in recent years, some people have taken
to pranking Craigslist posters with funny texts. Asking someone
offering a van for hire if they will engage in an A-Team-style rescue
mission may just provide some much-needed comic relief in your life. Or
you could text your parents pretending you are a drug dealer –
guaranteed to elicit comical results – or a heart attack:
In
this way, if you’re looking for a great time with your smartphone and a
way to entertain loved ones, you’ll probably enjoy the new
possibilities you’ll have for pranking your friends with your
smartphone. We’ve come a long way from the days when The Jerky Boys used
landlines to get laughs, and as technology becomes more widespread we
may see a day when prank video-conferencing becomes the norm. Until that
time, these ideas may help you brighten yours and your friends’ day.Read more at http://realitypod.com/2013/10/the-5-silliest-things-you-can-do-with-your-smartphone-today/#l1lyr5WjFqrb8wCK.99
