How The Internet Is Ruining Your Brain

NIND FSOA HoW THE INTERNETIS RUINING YOUR BRAIN INTERNET USERS AS % of POPULATION 80% North America 50% Europe & Central Asia Lətin America & Coribbean East Asia & Pacific Middle East & Narth Africa Sub-Saharan Africa South Asia "90 "95 '00 '05 COLLECTIVELY WE SPEND- 35 EVERY OAY WE CONSUME BILLION HOURS ON THE 61 INTERNET EVERY MONTH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WEDI0 IN THE 6Os OF US ADMIT BEI NG ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET WE DON 'T JUST DO EVERYTHING ONLINE -WE DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE. AT WORK: JE CHANGE WINDOWS / C HECK EMAIL/ PROGRAMS MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 2 MINUTES AVG TAGS OPEN: > USERS 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% TABS THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL: 0% THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE MULTITASK: SEEING SAME TIME HEARING WE GET STRESSED OUT AND ARE UNABLE TO PROBLEM -SOLVE OUR THINKING SLOWS AND C REATIVE ABILITY DIMINISHE S THE "GOOD"NEWS GOOGLE IS REPLACING OUR BRAINS COLLECTIVELY, WE VISIT GOOGLE 72 AND MAKE WE USE GOOGLE So MUCH - BILLIUN TIMES PER DAY BILLION SEARCH HAS QUERIES PRACTICALLY REPLACED BUR BRAINS WITHOUT CooGLE. WHEN WE NEEDE D ONFORMATION, WE FOUND SO WHEN THAT INFO AND WHEN WE STORED WE NGEDED IT AGAIN- B8KL IT IN OUR BRAINS WE HAD LIMITED RESOURCES WE WOULD REMEMBER IT JITH GOOGLE, WE DON'T PROCESS NE S9ORE NGED INFO, WE TURN DNTERNET TAN FO BEGAUŠE WE KNOW FU" LLL BE THERIE LATER BUT WHIN WE NEED THE INFO AGAIN WE DON'T REMEMBER THE INFO ITSGLE, BUT RATHER HOw To FIND IT IF GOOGLE WERE TO EXPLODE, So woulD OUR, ME MORY AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE E ACHOTHER (SOCIAI - NETWORKING HAS TRIPPLED IN THE LAST 5 YE ARS) WE SPEND COMMENTS/ UPOATES / VPLOADS HOURS A MGNT HH WITH (AVG) 245 ON FACEBOOK FRIENDS = OF WHOM WE KNOW 73.2% AND WE D ONLY HANGWIHH Y% AT LEAST WE'RE HAPPY? NO :( HEAVY INTERNET US ER S ARE THE YALS O SUFFER FROM A REDUCTION IN WHITE MATTER Goo THAT TRANSMITS SI GNALS AROUND 2.5 THHE CEREBRUM IN THE MORE LUKEI Y TO BE DE PRESSED EMOTIONS MEMORY SENSORSY SPEECH CENTERS THE BRAIN BY 203 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY.NET BY NC ND hiip:wreute seclarticles2010418s-shileren-exereice-idUSTRE7ICIRS2011043 hitp:/ww. tim.oca/ticncispoxia's2007artiel/0.28804.167445. 1483300 1683301,00 htm] hetg:iwww.washingtenposteemibusiness/teehnzlogy'you faseboek-friends hare-more-friends-than you201202/03glCAuNUlmQ tory.html NIND FSOA HoW THE INTERNETIS RUINING YOUR BRAIN INTERNET USERS AS % of POPULATION 80% North America 50% Europe & Central Asia Lətin America & Coribbean East Asia & Pacific Middle East & Narth Africa Sub-Saharan Africa South Asia "90 "95 '00 '05 COLLECTIVELY WE SPEND- 35 EVERY OAY WE CONSUME BILLION HOURS ON THE 61 INTERNET EVERY MONTH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WEDI0 IN THE 6Os OF US ADMIT BEI NG ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET WE DON 'T JUST DO EVERYTHING ONLINE -WE DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE. AT WORK: JE CHANGE WINDOWS / C HECK EMAIL/ PROGRAMS MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 2 MINUTES AVG TAGS OPEN: > USERS 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% TABS THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL: 0% THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE MULTITASK: SEEING SAME TIME HEARING WE GET STRESSED OUT AND ARE UNABLE TO PROBLEM -SOLVE OUR THINKING SLOWS AND C REATIVE ABILITY DIMINISHE S THE "GOOD"NEWS GOOGLE IS REPLACING OUR BRAINS COLLECTIVELY, WE VISIT GOOGLE 72 AND MAKE WE USE GOOGLE So MUCH - BILLIUN TIMES PER DAY BILLION SEARCH HAS QUERIES PRACTICALLY REPLACED BUR BRAINS WITHOUT CooGLE. WHEN WE NEEDE D ONFORMATION, WE FOUND SO WHEN THAT INFO AND WHEN WE STORED WE NGEDED IT AGAIN- B8KL IT IN OUR BRAINS WE HAD LIMITED RESOURCES WE WOULD REMEMBER IT JITH GOOGLE, WE DON'T PROCESS NE S9ORE NGED INFO, WE TURN DNTERNET TAN FO BEGAUŠE WE KNOW FU" LLL BE THERIE LATER BUT WHIN WE NEED THE INFO AGAIN WE DON'T REMEMBER THE INFO ITSGLE, BUT RATHER HOw To FIND IT IF GOOGLE WERE TO EXPLODE, So woulD OUR, ME MORY AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE E ACHOTHER (SOCIAI - NETWORKING HAS TRIPPLED IN THE LAST 5 YE ARS) WE SPEND COMMENTS/ UPOATES / VPLOADS HOURS A MGNT HH WITH (AVG) 245 ON FACEBOOK FRIENDS = OF WHOM WE KNOW 73.2% AND WE D ONLY HANGWIHH Y% AT LEAST WE'RE HAPPY? NO :( HEAVY INTERNET US ER S ARE THE YALS O SUFFER FROM A REDUCTION IN WHITE MATTER Goo THAT TRANSMITS SI GNALS AROUND 2.5 THHE CEREBRUM IN THE MORE LUKEI Y TO BE DE PRESSED EMOTIONS MEMORY SENSORSY SPEECH CENTERS THE BRAIN BY 203 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY.NET BY NC ND hiip:wreute seclarticles2010418s-shileren-exereice-idUSTRE7ICIRS2011043 hitp:/ww. tim.oca/ticncispoxia's2007artiel/0.28804.167445. 1483300 1683301,00 htm] hetg:iwww.washingtenposteemibusiness/teehnzlogy'you faseboek-friends hare-more-friends-than you201202/03glCAuNUlmQ tory.html NIND FSOA HoW THE INTERNETIS RUINING YOUR BRAIN INTERNET USERS AS % of POPULATION 80% North America 50% Europe & Central Asia Lətin America & Coribbean East Asia & Pacific Middle East & Narth Africa Sub-Saharan Africa South Asia "90 "95 '00 '05 COLLECTIVELY WE SPEND- 35 EVERY OAY WE CONSUME BILLION HOURS ON THE 61 INTERNET EVERY MONTH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WEDI0 IN THE 6Os OF US ADMIT BEI NG ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET WE DON 'T JUST DO EVERYTHING ONLINE -WE DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE. AT WORK: JE CHANGE WINDOWS / C HECK EMAIL/ PROGRAMS MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 2 MINUTES AVG TAGS OPEN: > USERS 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% TABS THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL: 0% THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE MULTITASK: SEEING SAME TIME HEARING WE GET STRESSED OUT AND ARE UNABLE TO PROBLEM -SOLVE OUR THINKING SLOWS AND C REATIVE ABILITY DIMINISHE S THE "GOOD"NEWS GOOGLE IS REPLACING OUR BRAINS COLLECTIVELY, WE VISIT GOOGLE 72 AND MAKE WE USE GOOGLE So MUCH - BILLIUN TIMES PER DAY BILLION SEARCH HAS QUERIES PRACTICALLY REPLACED BUR BRAINS WITHOUT CooGLE. WHEN WE NEEDE D ONFORMATION, WE FOUND SO WHEN THAT INFO AND WHEN WE STORED WE NGEDED IT AGAIN- B8KL IT IN OUR BRAINS WE HAD LIMITED RESOURCES WE WOULD REMEMBER IT JITH GOOGLE, WE DON'T PROCESS NE S9ORE NGED INFO, WE TURN DNTERNET TAN FO BEGAUŠE WE KNOW FU" LLL BE THERIE LATER BUT WHIN WE NEED THE INFO AGAIN WE DON'T REMEMBER THE INFO ITSGLE, BUT RATHER HOw To FIND IT IF GOOGLE WERE TO EXPLODE, So woulD OUR, ME MORY AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE E ACHOTHER (SOCIAI - NETWORKING HAS TRIPPLED IN THE LAST 5 YE ARS) WE SPEND COMMENTS/ UPOATES / VPLOADS HOURS A MGNT HH WITH (AVG) 245 ON FACEBOOK FRIENDS = OF WHOM WE KNOW 73.2% AND WE D ONLY HANGWIHH Y% AT LEAST WE'RE HAPPY? NO :( HEAVY INTERNET US ER S ARE THE YALS O SUFFER FROM A REDUCTION IN WHITE MATTER Goo THAT TRANSMITS SI GNALS AROUND 2.5 THHE CEREBRUM IN THE MORE LUKEI Y TO BE DE PRESSED EMOTIONS MEMORY SENSORSY SPEECH CENTERS THE BRAIN BY 203 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY.NET BY NC ND hiip:wreute seclarticles2010418s-shileren-exereice-idUSTRE7ICIRS2011043 hitp:/ww. tim.oca/ticncispoxia's2007artiel/0.28804.167445. 1483300 1683301,00 htm] hetg:iwww.washingtenposteemibusiness/teehnzlogy'you faseboek-friends hare-more-friends-than you201202/03glCAuNUlmQ tory.html NIND FSOA HoW THE INTERNETIS RUINING YOUR BRAIN INTERNET USERS AS % of POPULATION 80% North America 50% Europe & Central Asia Lətin America & Coribbean East Asia & Pacific Middle East & Narth Africa Sub-Saharan Africa South Asia "90 "95 '00 '05 COLLECTIVELY WE SPEND- 35 EVERY OAY WE CONSUME BILLION HOURS ON THE 61 INTERNET EVERY MONTH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WEDI0 IN THE 6Os OF US ADMIT BEI NG ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET WE DON 'T JUST DO EVERYTHING ONLINE -WE DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE. AT WORK: JE CHANGE WINDOWS / C HECK EMAIL/ PROGRAMS MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 2 MINUTES AVG TAGS OPEN: > USERS 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% TABS THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL: 0% THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE MULTITASK: SEEING SAME TIME HEARING WE GET STRESSED OUT AND ARE UNABLE TO PROBLEM -SOLVE OUR THINKING SLOWS AND C REATIVE ABILITY DIMINISHE S THE "GOOD"NEWS GOOGLE IS REPLACING OUR BRAINS COLLECTIVELY, WE VISIT GOOGLE 72 AND MAKE WE USE GOOGLE So MUCH - BILLIUN TIMES PER DAY BILLION SEARCH HAS QUERIES PRACTICALLY REPLACED BUR BRAINS WITHOUT CooGLE. WHEN WE NEEDE D ONFORMATION, WE FOUND SO WHEN THAT INFO AND WHEN WE STORED WE NGEDED IT AGAIN- B8KL IT IN OUR BRAINS WE HAD LIMITED RESOURCES WE WOULD REMEMBER IT JITH GOOGLE, WE DON'T PROCESS NE S9ORE NGED INFO, WE TURN DNTERNET TAN FO BEGAUŠE WE KNOW FU" LLL BE THERIE LATER BUT WHIN WE NEED THE INFO AGAIN WE DON'T REMEMBER THE INFO ITSGLE, BUT RATHER HOw To FIND IT IF GOOGLE WERE TO EXPLODE, So woulD OUR, ME MORY AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE E ACHOTHER (SOCIAI - NETWORKING HAS TRIPPLED IN THE LAST 5 YE ARS) WE SPEND COMMENTS/ UPOATES / VPLOADS HOURS A MGNT HH WITH (AVG) 245 ON FACEBOOK FRIENDS = OF WHOM WE KNOW 73.2% AND WE D ONLY HANGWIHH Y% AT LEAST WE'RE HAPPY? NO :( HEAVY INTERNET US ER S ARE THE YALS O SUFFER FROM A REDUCTION IN WHITE MATTER Goo THAT TRANSMITS SI GNALS AROUND 2.5 THHE CEREBRUM IN THE MORE LUKEI Y TO BE DE PRESSED EMOTIONS MEMORY SENSORSY SPEECH CENTERS THE BRAIN BY 203 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY.NET BY NC ND hiip:wreute seclarticles2010418s-shileren-exereice-idUSTRE7ICIRS2011043 hitp:/ww. tim.oca/ticncispoxia's2007artiel/0.28804.167445. 1483300 1683301,00 htm] hetg:iwww.washingtenposteemibusiness/teehnzlogy'you faseboek-friends hare-more-friends-than you201202/03glCAuNUlmQ tory.html NIND FSOA HoW THE INTERNETIS RUINING YOUR BRAIN INTERNET USERS AS % of POPULATION 80% North America 50% Europe & Central Asia Lətin America & Coribbean East Asia & Pacific Middle East & Narth Africa Sub-Saharan Africa South Asia "90 "95 '00 '05 COLLECTIVELY WE SPEND- 35 EVERY OAY WE CONSUME BILLION HOURS ON THE 61 INTERNET EVERY MONTH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WEDI0 IN THE 6Os OF US ADMIT BEI NG ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET WE DON 'T JUST DO EVERYTHING ONLINE -WE DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE. AT WORK: JE CHANGE WINDOWS / C HECK EMAIL/ PROGRAMS MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 2 MINUTES AVG TAGS OPEN: > USERS 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% TABS THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL: 0% THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE MULTITASK: SEEING SAME TIME HEARING WE GET STRESSED OUT AND ARE UNABLE TO PROBLEM -SOLVE OUR THINKING SLOWS AND C REATIVE ABILITY DIMINISHE S THE "GOOD"NEWS GOOGLE IS REPLACING OUR BRAINS COLLECTIVELY, WE VISIT GOOGLE 72 AND MAKE WE USE GOOGLE So MUCH - BILLIUN TIMES PER DAY BILLION SEARCH HAS QUERIES PRACTICALLY REPLACED BUR BRAINS WITHOUT CooGLE. WHEN WE NEEDE D ONFORMATION, WE FOUND SO WHEN THAT INFO AND WHEN WE STORED WE NGEDED IT AGAIN- B8KL IT IN OUR BRAINS WE HAD LIMITED RESOURCES WE WOULD REMEMBER IT JITH GOOGLE, WE DON'T PROCESS NE S9ORE NGED INFO, WE TURN DNTERNET TAN FO BEGAUŠE WE KNOW FU" LLL BE THERIE LATER BUT WHIN WE NEED THE INFO AGAIN WE DON'T REMEMBER THE INFO ITSGLE, BUT RATHER HOw To FIND IT IF GOOGLE WERE TO EXPLODE, So woulD OUR, ME MORY AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE E ACHOTHER (SOCIAI - NETWORKING HAS TRIPPLED IN THE LAST 5 YE ARS) WE SPEND COMMENTS/ UPOATES / VPLOADS HOURS A MGNT HH WITH (AVG) 245 ON FACEBOOK FRIENDS = OF WHOM WE KNOW 73.2% AND WE D ONLY HANGWIHH Y% AT LEAST WE'RE HAPPY? NO :( HEAVY INTERNET US ER S ARE THE YALS O SUFFER FROM A REDUCTION IN WHITE MATTER Goo THAT TRANSMITS SI GNALS AROUND 2.5 THHE CEREBRUM IN THE MORE LUKEI Y TO BE DE PRESSED EMOTIONS MEMORY SENSORSY SPEECH CENTERS THE BRAIN BY 203 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY.NET BY NC ND hiip:wreute seclarticles2010418s-shileren-exereice-idUSTRE7ICIRS2011043 hitp:/ww. tim.oca/ticncispoxia's2007artiel/0.28804.167445. 1483300 1683301,00 htm] hetg:iwww.washingtenposteemibusiness/teehnzlogy'you faseboek-friends hare-more-friends-than you201202/03glCAuNUlmQ tory.html