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The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century
None of us has ever lived through a genuine industrial revolution. Until now. Digital technology is transforming every corner of the economy, fundamentally altering the way things are done, who does them, and what they earn for their efforts. InThe … Continue reading
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Using technology to help revitalize indigenous languages
Our planet is home to over 7,000 human languages currently spoken and signed. Yet this unique linguistic diversity—the defining characteristic of our species—is under extreme stress, as are the communities that speak these increasingly endangered languages. The pressures facing endangered … Continue reading
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Emotions, Technology, and Social Media
Book – Emotions, Technology, and Social Media discuss the ways the social media sphere uses emotion and technology, and how each of these has become part of the digital culture. The book explores this expression within a psychological theoretical framework, … Continue reading
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What we should expect from technology
Biology, culture, technology. Initially, our ancestry had only gestures and facial expressions, until the ability evolved to communicate ideas through articulate speech. The advent of spoken language marks the beginning of our cultural evolution, which turned out to progress a lot … Continue reading
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The effects of new technology on children
Clearly, there is a great concern about this subject and with good reason as it appears that many children and young people are over-using new technology at the expense of real-life experiences that involve face-to-face interaction with others, creative play, … Continue reading
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A Framework for Research on Education With Technology
Educational software offers the potential for greatly enhanced student learning. The current availability and political will for trying new approaches mean that there is currently much interest in and expenditure on technology for education. After reviewing some of the relevant … Continue reading
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The Cognition Crisis
Anxiety. Depression. ADHD. Dementia. The human brain is in trouble. Technology is a cause — and a solution. Our lives on this planet have improved in so many amazing ways over the last century. On average, we are now healthier, … Continue reading
Top breakthrough technologies and the key players
Every fall, MIT Technology Review’s editors get together to begin the months-long process of reviewing their coverage. The goal? To create a list of the top ten technological advances from the last year that will have the greatest longterm global … Continue reading
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How Education Software is Being Designed to Hijack Children’s Brains
The Edu-tech Revolution has begun. At this very moment, new computer games and educational software are being developed to teach children academics one-to-one via computers. Following on the success of the hi-tech gaming industry, the goal is to use technology … Continue reading
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Intelligence and Technology: Impact of Tools on Human Abilities
This challenging collection of essays deals with the impact of evolving information technologies on human mental life and, indeed, on the nature and organization of human culture as a store of information-processing techniques. What topic could be more relevant to our swiftly changing … Continue reading
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