Wired Generation Speaks

pettyfog · May 17, 2009

Surprising results from polling young teens about technology they've always known.

These kids, born about the time the Internet became widely adopted, live within blocks of where the Intel microprocessor, the Apple computer and the Atari video game were all invented. They spend their days (and nights) surfing the web, playing on-line games and instant messaging. Most have cell phones in their backpacks. And many have at least one parent who works in the electronics industry.

Yet, when asked to weigh the benefits of having high technology in their lives versus the costs - intellectually, emotionally, socially - of that technology, the class voted 31-3 negative . . .a ratio so extreme that it argues against an aberration and towards a larger question about the overall impact of technology on the lives of our young people.
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Certainly seems to call for a wider study. And for parents to know and understand the message.

Wired Generation Speaks

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