“Computer users at work change windows or check emails or other programs nearly 37 times an hour, new researcher shows.”(Source #3- Attached to technology and paying a price) That is a lot of nonstop interactivity that your brain is going through every day. There is many potential risks when it comes to technology. Some of these risks include learning less, getting distracted easily and loss of memory. Some people may say that technology allows us to become more efficient at finding information, but if you aren’t using your brain and memorizing the information, you won’t get any smarter. To start things off, technology can have the potential risk of learning less. Technology can give you the risk of learning less because you are never thinking deeply if you’re always Googling, texting, and surfing. (Source #2- Is Google Making Us Stupid? By- Nicholas Carr) Also stated in that article is the quote, “If you’re really interested in developing your mind, you should turn off your computer and your cellphone-and start thinking. Really thinking. You can Google all the facts you want, but you’ll never Google your way to brilliance.”(Source #2- Is Google Making Us Stupid? By Nicholas Carr). Therefore, next time you don’t know something use your brain and think because looking up the information isn’t making you any smarter. …show more content…
“When we use our computers and our cellphones all the time, we are always distracted. (Source #2- Is Google Making Us Stupid? By Nicholas Carr.) Becoming distracted with technology can also have dangerous risks. For example, In the Article, “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price”, it quotes, “The resulting distractions can have deadly consequences, as when cellphone-wielding drivers and train engineers cause wrecks.” (Source #3- Attached to Technology and Paying a Price- By- Matt Richtel) That is how technology can become a potential