Social Media/Digital Technology

This week I was assigned a question…is Google making us stupid? Initially I thought this as an absurd question, however, after reading and listening to the required sources this week I quickly changed my opinion. Today, as a society, we are so attached to social media and digital technology that we are unable to disconnect for family and friends. Our phones, laptops, tablets, and even gaming systems are placed before loved ones which is breeding isolation and detachment. In school, I was required to read, contemplate and even memorize to gain the knowledge needed to excel, today, students only need to know where to locate that information. Social media and digital technology may have placed the world at our fingertips, but future generations just may lose out on interpersonal and communication skills imperative to happiness.