Technology is changing the way our brains work


	Technology is changing the way our brains work

yamdablam

5-12-2008 7:59 AM

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yamdablam says:

You cannot stop technology. If it can be produced, technique demands that it is. Simply because it can be.

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And it's caused by one simple fact: the human brain, that most sensitive of organs, is under threat from the modern world. 
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