Future. What Bruce Sterling Actually Said About Web 2.0 at Webstock 09. *By the garbled reportage, I’d be guessing some of those kiwis were having trouble with my accent.
Here are the verbatim remarks. Bruce Sterling, Wellington, Feb 2009 So, thanks for having me cross half the planet to be here. So, just before I left Italy, I was reading an art book. Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis? As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children's Digital Media Center, Los Angeles.
Learners have changed as a result of their exposure to technology, says Greenfield, who analyzed more than 50 studies on learning and technology, including research on multi-tasking and the use of computers, the Internet and video games. Her research was published this month in the journal Science. Reading for pleasure, which has declined among young people in recent decades, enhances thinking and engages the imagination in a way that visual media such as video games and television do not, Greenfield said.