The 21st Century WikiBrain: Overexposure and Addition to Technological Stimuli:A Global and Personal Dilemma

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: A, Harvard University, language: English, abstract: How many people currently think they suffer from attention-deficit disorder? Technological advancement has changed the world on an unprecedented scale. It has been accompanied by incredible economic development and growth. Never before have we had this much access to this much information. We have boarded an ever-moving train, which allows us to explore and develop ways of enhancing our lives on a scale and at a speed never before imagined. We have drastically changed the way we experience the world. Society focuses on the positive effects Internet-advancement has brought us. Yet what about the unintended, knock-on consequences?