The Beep And The Ping Summary

In the year 2008, the 20th July, Bryan Appleyard’s article “The beep and the ping” was published. In his article Appleyard concludes that todays technology is starting to destroy the newer generation of children. By referring his idea to the books ‘The dumbest generation’ and ‘Is Google making us stupid’ he attempts to convince the reader that teens are “incapable of sustaining concentration long enough to read a book”.
I believe that research to support almost anything is possible if one is taking the time to look hard enough. However the misconceptions of your conclusion are common, existing assumed-statements that do not display new ideas.
Based on my conducted research and through self-experience as a teenager myself I have not reached

In addition he argues that these distractions may even result in death. What Appleyard was yet not aware of in his outdated article are many current, ongoing studies that put distractees on test conducted by renowned medias such as the BBC.
In addition, the comparison between distractions and cigarette smoking is a rather prognosticated exaggeration; it does not consider what technology can be good for. It is clearly obvious that the computer or device is not the reason for stress and mental illnesses. It is merely the stresses of day-to-day life such as meeting deadlines or personal problems.

Secondly I would like to question how exactly humanity would advance without the technology you call a “distraction”. According to the scientist Adam Antonidas innovation is the key encroachment towards a bright future. He believes that through constant innovation the world wouldn’t be suffering from serious political issues such as poverty. Technology has great potential to provide social benefits and should not be regarded as a “distraction”.

Moreover, comparing the statistics from earlier years and today, technology has been aiding mankind, greatly increasing the spread of information and greatly decreasing racism and increasing