Tools That Change the Way We Think

The use of the Internet, media, and technology affect the way that I think probably more than it should. It's much easier to doubt yourself than to doubt information that you find on the web. Although it's most definitely not a good thing, I believe that a lot of people will believe almost anything that they read on online sources. The internet has proved to be a very useful tool to help with almost anything. If you find yourself wanting to know more about a certain something you can just simply type in a few words in a search bar on the web and nearly everything you could possibly want to know will pop up. Personally, I find that having this privilege results in laziness sometimes because instead of taking a little time to really think about something and use your own knowledge to figure something out we rely on Google or Yahoo to find it for us. But opposing that idea it also allows us to grow and adapt to new ways of learning. One of the biggest struggles of being a child during a period of time where technology is becoming more dominant but is still new enough where a lot of our elders are confused by it and really just don't accept or understand it. I don't think they realize how amazing and helpful it really is. It's important to realize that the Internet/media/technology is used as a tool and not a crutch.