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
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 Asa Jomard on -
Perhaps this book can provide some ideas "iBrain" by G. Small and G. Vorgan.
Åsa
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Permalink Reply by Gijs van Beeck Calkoen on -
Thank you very much for your suggestion!
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Permalink Reply by Lynda Curtin on -
Gijs, I've just purchased this book to read which may be helpful for you: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains--The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
It is apparently written from a pessimistic point of view based on a comparison of books in Newsweek this week. If you are interested in the book it is available on Amazon.
Good reading to you.
Lynda Curtin
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Permalink Reply by Gijs van Beeck Calkoen on
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Thank you very much for your suggestion!
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Permalink Reply by Danny Stevens on -
Interesting question Gijs. Over on Atheist Nexus I wrote a blog a few hours ago about Software that supports community discussions. That site appears to use the same software as this. In the blog I am analysing the way in which functions of the software can help or hinder dialogue (I think this software, NING, is horribly flawed in this respect).
With regard to thinking the internet posses opportunities for collaborative thinking beyond my wildest imagination. In its current state it tends to produce the dreaded drift, and it is hard to use tools like the six hats online effectively. I have tried getting people to use simple tools like PMI on phpBB forums but it doesn't quite work without lots of training first. Forums do not cope well with the idea of "training threads" for thinking skills, especially if the moderators cannot be called on to maintain trainee discipline.
I have spent nearly a decade designing a set of forum tools that will enable proper collaborative operations online for Six Hat Thinking, the lateral thinking and DATT tools and various of the group facilitation techniques, all with self moderation tools. Its probably time I looked at implementing the ideas. Anyone want to contact me about possible funding? :)
Anyway, one of the dangers of Web 2.0 is the failure of focus and an over emphasis on argument. Moderators, when they exist, are just police rather than facilitators. In the appropriate situation discussions should be self moderated and facilitated, giving all participants an opportunity to improve their skills.
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Permalink Reply by Franis on -
What, are you saying that all the time I spend getting new members to write back to me when they first join has been reduced to policing? ;o) I agree, the more moderators exist on the site, the more effective they are. It seems to work best when most of the routine participants are also moderators, IMHO.
I'd be willing to help with that idea you propose in whatever way I could.
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Permalink Reply by Danny Stevens on
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Well, I better put together my design document and post it online then :) See if we could gather an open source work team perhaps.
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Permalink Reply by William Jack Jordan on -
Just google it, and don't do any thinking....
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Permalink Reply by Danny Stevens on
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Yes, and look to wikipedia as the ultimate source of factual knowledge.
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Permalink Reply by Gijs van Beeck Calkoen on
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Logic bubbles ->Google filter bubbles
See TED talks Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"
As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy.
About Eli Pariser
Pioneering online organizer Eli Pariser is the author of "The Filter Bubble," about how personalized search might be narrowing our worldview.
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Permalink Reply by Asa Jomard on
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Luis,
Now you have made me curious. Why not post it?
It is a very interesting topic and I would love to read about your approach.
And since I like creative reading longer posts does not bother me at all;-)
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