Smartphones have made me dumber. I don't know anyone's phone number without looking in my phone. 🤗
Has the internet made us dumber as a society?
All knowledge is learning,
therefore good.
I think in some senses, yes. People don't use their brains to figure out anything out. They just look the answer up. But on the other hand if you do need or want information, it is at your fingertips. So people can learn about more things. They just need to get past watching the useless while trying to learn.
It's made us more solitary.
Yes! I remember when I was in middle school and didn't even want a phone or feel a need for it and would spend my days after class riding bikes with friends, now every single kid in middle school just NEEDS a phone I'm glad I didn't grow up that way
It certainly allows people to spread their dumb ideas a lot more easily.