Is technology stealing our ability to think critically?

Kim Komando Today

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4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Technology gives us access to more knowledge than ever, but is it also dumbing us down? Think about how often you turn to the internet to answer your questions or solve your problems. Could that dependence on tech inhibit us from thinking critically and making decisions? Kim talks with experts about technology, psychology and the changing definition of intelligence.

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0:00.0	Who won the Civil War?
0:01.9	You won the Civil War?
0:04.5	We did? The South?
0:06.8	Like the one in 1965 or what Civil War?
0:11.0	Who won it?
0:12.0	Who was even in it?
0:13.5	Who was in it?
0:14.2	Just telling me who was it.
0:14.9	All right, you've probably heard audio clips like these before.
0:18.1	Maybe you even know kids like these.
0:20.1	Maybe they're your kids. So what's your
0:22.5	opinion? Is technology dumbing us down? Is it really stealing our ability to think critically?
0:28.5	Well, according to a Mars poll, 49% of Americans think that technology actually makes us
0:34.0	dumber. While 46% say it makes us smarter. So if you think about it, it's an
0:39.1	even split on this topic. I think the real question is not whether technology is dumbing us down,
0:44.0	but whether we're allowing technology to actually think for us. I don't mean doing research.
0:49.5	I mean actually thinking, making decisions, thinking critically, developing ideas, defining our imagination.
0:56.7	Are we relying on tech to perform these things that used to define us as uniquely human?
1:03.4	I'm Kim Kim, Cando, and this podcast may be a real wake-up call. Believe me when I say, the research
1:09.1	I did took me to some really interesting places,
1:11.9	and I spoke with some scary smart people. We tackled the tough topics about technology and how
1:17.6	it affects the human intellect. There's no one right answer, but I always think it's good to
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