How technology is changing the way our brain functions

It won’t be incorrect, if we call everyday a techno-day. Right from waking up till we go to bed, we are in constant touch with technology. Ever since the mobile phone has come in place, we have completely forgotten about beside the bed alarm clock. We set an alarm in our phone which most of us keep it besides the pillow at night. We read news more in our phone or laptop than in a newspaper. Even for a small mathematical calculation, we use the calculator available on phone or laptop rather than our brains. We remember people’s birthday because we keep an alert on our phone or the Facebook sends a birthday alert. Thus technology is changing our way of life every small way. Here’s an overview on how technology has changed the creative thoughts of human brain.

Wakey Wakey: Do you ever think how it would be to wake up without the alarm on your phone ringing; at least during your office days. Most of us will not even make it to the office at the right time. Our brains function as we train. Prior to the techno-days, people used to wake up in the morning without any alarms because that is how they have trained their brain to act.

Everyday Calculation: Even for a trivial calculation, we take our phone and use the calculator. Though most of us memorized the multiplication tables in our childhood, none of us use them in the real life. We completely rely on the calc.

Loved one’s Calendar: We don’t remember birthdays or special days because we completely rely on phones. Our memory is going worse because we keep a note or an alert for everything on our phone. We don't even try to remember routes as we have our friendly online maps. We keep blaming stress and growing age for our weak memory but isn't it also because of technology and our dependency on it.

Google Everything: While Google is playing a very important role in educating us about everything, it is also making our brain dull and inactive. We Google everything, without even thinking about an answer to a question. Be it a designer, a coder, an artist or a writer, we don't use our brain to be solely creative. The first thing we do is Google and then we ask the brain to act. Why don't we take a moment to think and remember for a change; at least sometimes?

Online Existence: We exist more online than offline. We are super active in Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter but hardly share a wish with the neighbor next door. We are connected with the entire school and college batch in Whatsapp but hardly connect with them in real life. Even during the dinner dates or friends or family outings, most of the time, we are online on our phones.

So, yes technology is greatly changing the way we live and our brain functions. Well, we can't complain because it is making our lives much more convenient and fast. However, we need to train our brain to be more active and creative before it turns completely dull and dependent.

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