Brain change

The Shallows, Amusing Ourselves and even Brave New World focus on the theme of technology's affect on our mind's way of comprehension. The way we perceive the world is influenced by the experiences we have had our lives. Those experiences, or memories, affect the decisions we make on the future. However, Carr and Postman explain to us that television and the internet has changed the way we continue to perceive the world by influencing the ways we make our choices.

In the beginning chapters of The Shallows Nicholas Carr describes the evolution of neurology. He begins by describing that scientists originally believed the brain to be only changing at childhood but they latter learned that it is also malleable as an adult. This means that despite having old habits, the brain can learn to rewire and change or build new habits but it is difficult. By keeping this in mind, what are we to do as an individual and a society to respond to the technology that is literally changing our lives. Do we try to limit ourselves from our phones, tv's and computers? Should we try to this when we were born into this age and all we know is digital technology. Is it too late to rewire our brains or is it even relevant to try in this day and age? What do we do to reverse the hardwired circuitry that technology has wrought in our perception?