Thursday, March 19, 2009
*** Killing Me Softly With Your Words
"Social network sites risk infantilising the mid-21st century mind, leaving it characterised by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathise and a shaky sense of identity, according to a leading neuroscientist.
The startling warning from Lady Greenfield, professor of synaptic pharmacology at Lincoln college, Oxford, and director of the Royal Institution, has led members of the government to admit their work on internet regulation has not extended to broader issues, such as the psychological impact on children."
And on top of energy drinks, bad food, cigarettes, sedentary lifestyles, they want to pump us with Adderral and tell us we need that too.
Please listen to the audio link posted on this article, and learn more about your world.
I hope you have a facebook account. Lol.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=70427815574&h=AsGnZ&u=XADuA
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