Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:51:03 -0800 From: Rob <europax@home.com> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do you get kids interested in computers- oth Message-ID: <3AAEDC97.E1EF2CB7@home.com> References: <20010314.395200@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > > I have heard about a recent research on the so-called "Internet > generation". Actually, this label was used to indicate the [LoseBlows] > "point-and-click" generation browsing, or rather, surfing the 'Net. > > Some results of the research: > > 1) pointing-and-clicking (cf Pavlov) limits thought and, especially, > (mental) analytical processes; > 2) pointing-and-clicking & surfing reduces concentration; > 3) it also reduces memory; > 4) people begin not to distinguish important from immaterial information, > inter alia, as well as reducing their intellectual/critical capacities: a > side-effect of too much (uncritical) surfing. > > In other words, pointing-and-clicking & surfing the 'Net causes people to > become (more) stupid. No joke. > > Ok, many people have always thought (and said) that for ages -- on an > empirical basis :-)) But now there seem to be more serious grounds for > the argument. Well, it is an important point to consider when bringing up > children... > > <half serious> > Corollary: Unix (and FreeBSD in particular) is -- and makes people using > it -- really smart ;-)) > > Intelligenti pauca. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message I have a hard time explaining to Windoze people why I like Unix so much on the laptop. Its because I don't have to point and click! I really like typing in console mode, eg. irc with BitchX. Its refreshing to come home and type after point-and-click all day long at work on winNT. Rob. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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