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Jun 26, 2015

This is an obvious yes, technology, be it electronics, or the stone wheel, has effected the way we as humans think for a very long time.

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Jul 26, 2015

Can a child affect the way the parent thinks?
Can a pet affect the way its owner thinks?
Can a screwdriver affect the way a hairdresser thinks?

Does "affect the way we think" mean: determining the way we execute/interpret our actions, or even defining (for us) what these actions will be?

I was thinking about the stone wheel too. But I came to the opposite conclusion, because ideally technological developments surface due to human demand or need. This need can even be caused by the need for (mental) stimulation, which is expressed in developmental stages of children who build blocks.

The reason why the stone wheel as a technological milestone is remembered, is because it's one of the most successful technological achievements (together with sewage systems) as it is still integrated in our society - probably because it was an inevitable development, independently made by more than one person roughly at the same time. But has technology - as a on-going phenomenon - truly affected the way we think?

As an expression, technology can affect the way humans think about humans or society. But it is human thinking that affects the way in which technology is expressed.

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Sep 28, 2015

Of course it is. The question is, how? Many of the ways that people think technology affects us are based on shallow observations. Many people think that social media has reduced our face-to-face interaction, but many studies have indicated that for core social networks it actually facilitates face-to-face interaction. When you think about it, that makes sense. For my distant friends and acquaintances, either geographically and/or socially, Facebook lets me keep in touch without needing to occasionally commit to seeing them. But for my close friends, I can keep in touch and facilitate social gatherings more rapidly.

Similarly, a lot of people might think that text speak is degrading writing skills. But lots of studies have found that in fact reading and writing skills are better among youth who grew up in the cell phone age, precisely because they were always writing and reading.

Technology has complicated effects. Since we're just understanding the potential of the technology and we don't understand the variables that make up human psychology, all we can be sure of is that there is almost undoubtedly an effect.

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Jul 26, 2016

Surely yes. technology has affected almost on the all things in our life. And i remember the words from film "the Matrix 3" that people will become the victims of their machines!

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