Do our smart devices dumb us down?

Smart Devices - It’s not just our cognitive skills that fallen off; our basic skills at being human have also taken a dive. Empathy and integrity; valuing just being; self-reflection; connection to others and the real world around us are all waning as the allure of virtual worlds grows more intense.

For as long as we have had the internet; then, globally-connected mobile phones rapidly transforming into all-knowing devices, we’ve also had congruent scientific studies looking at whether or not this is actually good for us.  Our phones can accurately tell us when we need to get to bed.  Google Maps can get us round a […]