Recently I thought about the changes that is taking place in the world:--
1) Global warming (pollution) is on the rise.
2) Technological and scientific progress is taking place (APPARENT).
3) Religious and Spiritual beliefs are deteriorating.
4) People spending more time on computers and other gadgets.
5) People are trying to achieve more and more but in the materialistic world.
6) Great people (I mean "GREAT") are not visible now a days, rather criminals("......") are becoming famous.
7) Relationships among people is not that stable.
8) Free thinking has nearly vanished or rather i will tell that even people who are thinking , don't have platform to express there thoughts.
There are numerous of such changes...............
Above are just the changes i have noticed, but i may be wrong on certain points so i would rather ask you to give your comments on the topic.
Few related articles :
Why can't we concentrate?
Twitter and e-mail aren't making us stupider, but they are making us more distracted. A new book explains why learning to focus is the key to living better.By Laura Miller
Here's a fail-safe topic when making conversation with everyone from cab drivers to grad students to cousins in the construction trade: Mention the fact that you're finding it harder and harder to concentrate lately. The complaint appears to be universal, yet everyone blames it on some personal factor: having a baby, starting a new job, turning 50, having to use a Blackberry for work, getting on Facebook, and so on. Even more pervasive than Betty Friedan's famous "problem that has no name," this creeping distractibility and the technology that presumably causes it has inspired such cris de coeur as Nicholas Carr's much-discussed "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" essay for the Atlantic Monthly and diatribes like "The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future," a book published last year by Mark Bauerlein.
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Too Much Technology Can Be Harmful
Alex Sanders
Life seems so much better without hassle, but it isn't necessarily - it could be worse. For example, many people use credit cards on a daily basis simply because it's easy. Whether they don't have time to go to an ATM or the line is moving quickly and money will take time to count, people seem to rely on credit cards. However, they can also end up in severe debt because of that dependence. Technology is akin to credit cards in the way that it certainly makes life easier but it isn't good on the wallet, the mind or the body.
Our parent's generation would have to walk to the library, actively search for books for a school project then walk home. These days, students spend an exorbitant amount of time glued to a computer screen with numerous distractions like Facebook and MySpace. This lethargy prevents people from getting exercise for their bodies or brains. Reading a book requires thinking and looking up information as opposed to mindlessly clicking through white screens. Even Disney World is adding virtual aspects to their park. There will soon be more technology than actual characters walking around the park. People prefer to go see high-tech laser shows rather than Mickey Mouse, the original main attraction.
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Wow... Such a Gr8 Article... Loved It.... Also Stumbled it...
This is absolutely true.
People have taken it for granted that a solution to their problems is always their with someone and we don't try to find it for Ourselves.
About FreeThinking - Well, we people have forgotten that they we have something called mind and its supposed to be used for finding out new ways of doing stuff and not just to duplicate.
But the thing is there are always some People who make it big becoz they think & Act differently since they understand THE SECRET.