Living Faster Daily life in the age of nonstop connection.
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Interview
Losing Our Senses--Literally
A 16-year German study found that our range of hearing has decreased from one generation to the next. What other senses might be affected? Todd Oppenheimer is a journalist and the author of The Flickering Mind.A 16-year German study found that our range of hearing has decreased from one generation t... 2:53 |
Second Life founder Philip Rosedale looks to virtual reality for the next step in human ev... 2:35 |
Dr. Gary Small studied what your brain looks like while you read a book versus conducting ... 1:35 |
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 Rough Cut Your Brain on GoogleDr. Gary Small studied what your brain looks like while you read a book versus conducting a Google search online. The results are strikingly different -- here's what he found.5:35
 Interview Brave New WorldThe stuff of sci-fi has arrived, says Jeremy Bailenson, the director of Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab.3:37
 Interview Old School InternetFor danah boyd, a researcher and essayist on teen media culture, the early days of the Internet seemed full of promise.13:29
 Rough Cut The Most Wired Place on EarthOur correspondent Douglas Rushkoff travels to South Korea to take the measure of its digital revolution, and understand its impact on ordinary people.1:08
 Interview Life, Sped UpOur Correspondent Douglas Rushkoff muses that what happens online quickly develops a life of its own.2:35
 Interview Watching Evolution at WorkSecond Life founder Philip Rosedale looks to virtual reality for the next step in human evolution. |
recent commentsThere's no going back...and who'd want to? The internet is a blessing more than it is a curse.Andi We have never been able to stop progress, and as we know, with everything new, there is the good and the bad. But with proper guidence, a student can learn to get the good out of technology as well as the teachers and parents. And with technology in the classroom, I believe that there is more good than bad that awaits us.Nancy M, a computer teacher, on My Own Laptops in the Schools Dilemma The Internet has increased the ability of the populace to become aware of events around them.Julie |
