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EFTA02406470 | EFTA02406486 In 2020, the brains=of multitasking teens and young adults are "wired" differently f=om those over age 35 and overall it yields baleful results. They do not re=ain information; they spend most of their energy sharing short social messages, being entertained, and being distracted awa= from deep engagement with people and knowledge. They lack deepthinking c=pabilities; they lack face-to-face social skills; they depend in unhealthy=ways on the internet and mobile devices to function. In sum, the changes in behavior and cognition among t=e young are generally negative outcomes. While 55% agreed wi=h the statement that the future for the hyperconnected will generally be p=sitive, many who chose that view noted that it is more their hope than the=r best guess, and a number of people said the true outcome will be a combination of both scenarios. The researc= result here is really probably more like a 50-50 outcome than the 55-42 s=lit recorded through survey takers' votes. Respondents were asked to sel=ct the positive or the negative, with no middle-ground choice, in order to encourage a spirited and deeply =onsidered written elaboration about the potential future of hyperconnected=people. We did not offer a =hird alternative — that young people's brains would not be wired diffe=ently — but some of the respondents made that argument in their elaborat=ons. They often noted that people's patterns of thinking will likely change, though the actual mechanisms of brain func=ion will not change. Survey participants=did offer strong, consistent predictions about the most desired life skill= for young people in 2020. Among those they listed are: public problem-sol=ing through cooperative work (sometimes referred to as crowdsourcing solutions); the ability to search effectivel= for information online and to be able to discern the quality and veracity=of the information one finds and then communicate these findings well (ref=rred to as digital literacy); synthesizing (being able to bring together details from many sources); being strategica=ly future-minded; the ability to concentrate; and the ability to distingui=h between the "noise" and the message in the ever-growing sea of infor=ation. Here is a sampling =f their predictions and arguments: • The env=ronment itself will be full of data that can be retrieved almost effortles=ly, and it will be arrayed in ways to help people — young and old — na=igate their lives. Quick-twitch younger technology users will do well mastering these datastreams. • Millennials' brains=are being rewired to adapt to the new information-processing skills they w=ll need to survive in this environment. • "Memories are becoming hyperlinks to information triggered by keywor=s and URLs. We are becoming 'persistent paleontologists' of our own ex=ernal memories, as our brains are storing the keywords to get back to those memories and not the full memories themselves," arg=ed Amber Case, CEO of Geoloqi. • There is evidence now that "supertaskers" can handle several compl=cated tasks well, noted communications expert Stowe Boyd. And some survey respondents noted that it is not necessa=ily only young adults who do this well. • Young people accustomed to a diet of quick-fix information nuggets wil= be less likely to undertake deep, critical analysis of issues and challen=ing information. Shallow choices, an expectation of instant gratification, a lack of patience, are likely to be common resu=ts, especially for those who do not have the motivation or training that w=ll help them master this new environment. One possible outcome is stagnati=n in innovation. • Another possibility, though, is that evolving social structures will c=eate a new "division of labor" that rewards those who make swift, corr=ct decisions as they exploit new information streams and rewards the specialists who retain the skills of focused, deep t=inking. New winners and losers will emerge in this reconfigured environmen=; the leftbehind will be mired in the shallow diversions offered by techn=logy. • There are concerns about new social divides. "I suspect we're goin= to see an increased class division around labor and skills and attention,=94 said media scholar danah boyd. • A key differentiator between winners and losers wil= be winners' capacity to figure out the correct attentionallocation bal=nce in this new environment. Just as we lost oral tradition with the writt=n word, we will lose something big in the coming world, but we will gain as =ell. "As Sophocles once said, 'Nothing vast enters the life of mortals=without a curse," noted Tiffany Shlain, director of the film Connected and founder of=the Webby Awards. 17 EFTA_R1_01448635 EFTA02406486 Epstein Web iOS app on the App Store.
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