From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Mar 13 16:37:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from relay2.inwind.it (relay2.inwind.it [212.141.53.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47CED37B718 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:37:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bartequi@inwind.it) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (62.98.160.64) by relay2.inwind.it (5.1.061) id 3AA767570010139D for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 01:37:45 +0100 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 00:39:52 GMT Message-ID: <20010314.395200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: How do you get kids interested in computers- oth To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have heard about a recent research on the so-called "Internet=20 generation". Actually, this label was used to indicate the [LoseBlows]=20 "point-and-click" generation browsing, or rather, surfing the 'Net. Some results of the research: 1) pointing-and-clicking (cf Pavlov) limits thought and, especially,=20 (mental) analytical processes; 2) pointing-and-clicking & surfing reduces concentration; 3) it also reduces memory; 4) people begin not to distinguish important from immaterial information= ,=20 inter alia, as well as reducing their intellectual/critical capacities: = a=20 side-effect of too much (uncritical) surfing. In other words, pointing-and-clicking & surfing the 'Net causes people t= o=20 become (more) stupid. No joke. Ok, many people have always thought (and said) that for ages -- on an=20 empirical basis :-)) But now there seem to be more serious grounds for=20 the argument. Well, it is an important point to consider when bringing u= p=20 children... Corollary: Unix (and FreeBSD in particular) is -- and makes people using= =20 it -- really smart ;-)) Intelligenti pauca. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message