The dangers and/or effects of the Internet regarding thinking skills

Who could help me with some essays about the dangers and/or effects of thye Internet?

I remember that Edward the Bono did some observations about it, but I can't find it anymore

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Permalink Reply by Steven Wu on September 3, 2011 at 15:09
The Internet is only part of the story. Newer real-time services augmented by mobile devices are re-shaping our
communication and perception. Traditional search engines use ranking and filtering to "guide" and
perhaps narrow down what we can find from public documents and other websites. But the global adoption
of the real-time web such as Twitter has already been massively effective in supporting events such as the Arab spring.
One the one hand search engines enables discovery of human knowledge that are codified in some form
and are probably outdated by the time they are discovered.
On the other hand, the real-time web gives life to a collective consciousness that sways by the
minute like a swamp of insects whose behavior may not ultimately converge on an optimal outcome.

Some interesting insights can be found in Brian Solis' blogsite, BrianSolis.com.
Permalink Reply by Phil Bachmann on August 1, 2011 at 22:54
I haven't Googled for any articles, it seems like a good topic for thinking.

CAF
- Endless distractions on internet.
- Internet's ability to look up answers instantly.
- Knowing that someone has probably encountered your situation before.
- Thousands of pages of information to wade through.
- Learning how to write a good internet search phrase.
- 24 hour accessibility of internet through mobile devices.
- Internet provides more opportunities to choose things that are immediately appealing.
- Internet (like newspapers, but unlike TV) allows you to pick out segments you're interested in.
Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on August 13, 2011 at 1:01
Well, I have just learnt that on "Pirate Bay" (an illegal file-swapping network) the no. 2 download for 2011 so far is an e-publication called:

How to Win Every Argument: The Uses and Abuses of Logic.

If that isn't scary enough, here is the no. 1 download:

Never be Lied to Again: How to Get the Truth in Five Minutes or Less

One could perhaps write a book about what all this means, but I might leave that to someone else. What does strike me about it though, is the implication that nobody these days ever thinks slowly. Thinking slowly these days is not tolerated. It appears to be equated with incompetence. If you have to think slowly about something then you must be a hopeless case, appears to be the message in both these highly-read and sought-after publications.

I will enjoy not reading either.

Everybody is looking for a magic wand to gain the upper hand against everyone else. This is sick, sick, sick.
Permalink Reply by William Jack Jordan on August 22, 2011 at 10:34
I once read a book with a title similar to
How to Win Every Argument
However, the book was not what you would expect.

It was basically
listen to the other person
don't argue
people tend to be influenced by logic, but by perception
the context of the point of view
watch out for Corporate America.etc.

The book tells the story of the Ford Pinto, a car that tended to explode when rear-ended.
The corporation may a decision not to spend $100 or so per car to rectify the problem, to save money.
(Total cost being more than that lost by survivors suing them).
Permalink Reply by William Jack Jordan on October 26, 2011 at 6:14
One danger is that website authors may mimic whatever other website authors are doing, apparently without question. In some cases this has extended to real life situations.

In the good old days, it was customary to insert commas or spaces in a long number to make it easier to read.
e,g, 100,000,000 is easier to read than 100000000. Its very rare to see long numbers displayed this way now. We are expected to enter 16 digit numbers to recharge our mobile phones,

Passwords are displayed as**** as you type them in. Pretty pointless if you use a computer at home and are the only person using it.

Pictures containing letters that you need to type are sometimes impossible to read. Its possible for letters to be impossible for a bot to read, but still legible for a human.

A lot of text is left justified when it could be justified at both ends.

Do we really need to enter passwords twice?

Error mesages say you entered your account name or password incorrectly. Why not tell the user which one?

It seems to me a lot of features that have become standard on many websites are substandard and it may be because of imitation and assumption.
Permalink Reply by jf on March 15, 2012 at 12:14

Approximately, in Monday, October 3, 2011, appeared a notice of Edward de Bono in relation to social networks. Here is the link in Spanish. Bonus: Social networks are making people lazy and stupid

What it says is this;

- "The famous writer Edward De Bono said that because there are media people have no why or what to think.
The famous writer, psychologist and instructor at the issue of thinking, Edward De Bono, said in an interview with News.com.au that social networks are making people lazy and stupid.

"There is danger in the media and social Internet," said De Bono.

The philosopher also added that because there are media people have no why or what to think.

"We only have the information you give and nothing more. We just have to hear what other people tell us, "concluded" -.

I asked the society to think about this news. I think if Edward de Bono thinks this way about social networks, it is quite logical that not appears on this website, and probably end up removing the network with all our comments.

To Edward de Bono, members are a bunch of lazy and stupid members?. Do not you think it an insult?. Members are agree with Edward de Bono?.

Permalink Reply by Asa Jomard on March 15, 2012 at 13:07

No it is not an insult. Never let people insult you!

Changing the perception is the challenge. Let's embrace it instead!

Permalink Reply by Phil Bachmann on March 15, 2012 at 16:02

Hi Juan,

This article has already been mentioned before, see the English language original:

Original Article

I believe he is saying that if people are presented with plenty of information they will get into the habit of searching for information rather than thinking when a decision is required.

That's very different from your claim that he was calling anyone who uses social media lazy and stupid.

In any case, there is another interpretation: Edward de Bono seems to have a pre-packaged answer for when people ask him what he thinks about the internet and search engines. When he was asked about social media (eg. FaceBook) he could've said, "Well I don't know too much about that - I don't use FaceBook"; instead he gave his pre-packaged generic internet answer.

Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on March 15, 2012 at 20:24

Correct, Phil. De Bono is uncomfortable with social networking probably because it is not a concept he grew up with. That's understandable. I know people who never learned to drive a car. I will go further -I will actually assert that he is scared of SN. Many of de Bono's answers to many questions are pre-packaged. In the sense that he has been asked the same questions a million times and responds with the same thinking. It's a bit ironic, given he has spouted the virtues of the Internet in the past and even went on to set up a SN himself. This is it.

Permalink Reply by Phil Bachmann on March 16, 2012 at 0:28

Hi Kim,

I'm not sure I see any irony in his position: If he says that the internet is good but has some dangers that doesn't preclude him setting up the de Bono Society and hoping that people make good use of it.

Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on March 16, 2012 at 5:53

OK - put like that I would agree. What doesn't make any sense to me (yet) is going on the public record saying you think social networking makes people fat, lazy and stupid and then setting up a social network - presumably to facilitate people becoming fat, lazy and stupid. Well, OK - E set up his SN before he gave that interview, but I believe he felt that way even then. My feeling is that people have been harassing him for years to make a more studied use of the Net; he may have set up the dBS in order to appease a few of them. I have no idea why E set up this SN. He never comes here; he never posts anything; he never responds to anyone's questions; ergo - he has no interest in social networks. People are now complaining that this place has no direction nor any structure. Who does that surprise? What does E expect of this place? I have absolutely no idea.

Permalink Reply by Phil Bachmann on March 16, 2012 at 8:13

To some extent it's peoples' job to find value - not to expect that someone will package it up in an easily identifiable way. Perhaps foraging through the de Bono Society is like fossicking for Gold - sometimes you find something valuable and sometimes you don't; there's no need to worry that the hills you're fossicking in aren't signposted or structured.

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