The internet has a huge impact on our brains and the question is whether it is good or evil. I think as of now its good since there has been many advances in our technology that aids us in our homework, research, and entertainment. However many people also believe that the internet has damaged our brains. We have become slower thinkers and our ability to work on ourselves has decreased.
One time during a dinner with my friends, one of my friends suggested to play this game. It’s a game where everyone stacks up their phones in the middle of the table and whoever picks up their phone first during the time we eat loses. Then he explained that the loser will pay for the bill. The purpose of the game was to prevent everyone from looking at their phones and support actual conversations with each other while we eat. For us, this ultimately failed because of our strong urge to look at our text messages or our Facebook notifications.
I guess the internet has done a lot during the past few decades. I see the negative side of it growing and growing as time goes on. We need to have self-control in order to win this battle between the internet and humans. As humans we are easily tempted to do what pleasures us, but in order to be successful in maintaining human relationships and other social aspects, we must learn how to not get addicted to the internet.
Wow. This is the best game to get a free lunch/dinner! (assuming I will win the game) Thank you for suggesting and I agree with how the Internet is such a powerful tool in which can be used for the good/pros and the bad/cons. I personally think its the usuage of the internet that really affects us.