Technology Addiction Surrounds Us!
Technology addiction has surrounded us all so much that phones are now smart, and the artificial intelligence of social media platforms, which know us better than ourselves, offer us product after product. Access to information is at our fingertips, any information we want appears on our screen within seconds, as long as we are curious. We don't know how to deal with intelligent artificial intelligence that codes us what to wonder about, we must first accept this. People who shape, code and develop social media tools benefit greatly from science. Man is already an incomplete, poor and helpless creature. Our whole life goes by with the need for completion and the search for it. It would be very useful to compile this topic in another article. Why are we like this? What is the object of "desire" that exists in humans and not in any other living creature? Why are we irrational and do meaningless things? Let's leave these questions and their answers as the subject of another article and continue our conversation.
There are two brain nuclei called nucleus accumbens in the limbic system, which is the "primitive brain region" in our brain. The nucleus called nucleus accumbens plays an active role in the formation and maintenance of the following emotions: pleasure, addiction, reward and motivation systems. This is where neuroscience comes into play in technology addiction analysis and offers us the following scientific data: In digital game addiction, just like in drug addiction, the nucleus accumbens brain region is active. (Turkish Journal of Psychiatry 2016;27(2):128-37). So, briefly and simply, we must say that the brain of our child, who plays computer games at the table or lying on the couch in his room, or browses social media with his smartphone or tablet in his hand, is exposed to similar effects as a brain that has taken drugs.
Let's hear about the technology addiction effect and prevention efforts from the people who produce and develop these devices and technologies:
Bill Gates, Co-chair , Bill Melinda Gates Foundation: He did not allow his children to buy smartphones until they turned 14.
Steve Jobs, former Apple CEO Founder: In his interview with the reporter named Nick Bilton, he gave digital technology to his children at home. He said that they limited the technology to the maximum extent.
With the revolution that took place in education with the 2nd industrial revolution in the world, we have been training engineers, technicians, architects and other manpower for the system for 200 years. However, in the 4th industrial age, which we are just at the beginning of, we must develop our more human characteristics and abilities in order to take part in business life together with robots and intelligent artificial intelligence. Smart robots will appear as driverless vehicles, we will pay for all the products we want in the markets with our smartphones without cashiers, and even planting seeds in the field or collecting products will be completed with smart artificial intelligence. We must be alert and act rationally. Look at what was talked about at the 2018 World Economic Forum:
Jack Ma, Alibaba CEO & Founder: First, we must change our own perspective and our children's education system. We must change the teaching system. What we currently teach in schools is only information-oriented and accessing information is now very easy. In order to raise children who will compete with smart artificial intelligence robots, we must determine our focus points carefully. Because robots and computer programs are smarter and tireless, they will be working non-stop, without any expectations or emotions. We will manage the world of the future correctly only if we instill the following in our children: faith, values, independent thinking, teamwork, caring for others. All these are human skills and artificial intelligence cannot apply them. These are experiences where one learns and grows. We must offer art, culture and sports activities to our children. If a machine does an activity better with smart artificial intelligence, we really need to think about it.
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