Richtel Article

I thought that the Richtel article was really good. I thought that it was really interesting to learn about all the different research that scientist go through to find an answer on how technology affects people today compared to the past. The one test that was done by Mr. Ophir was a test that can be related to many people today. The results for the test showed that multitaskers are less efficient to solve and grasp the event or problem in front of them. I thought that this test could be related to people today because today many people multitask when they are doing things on the computer. When multitasking it is hard for them to focus on just one thing that they are not able to grab the concept of what they are tyring to do in the first place. Some students today multitask when studying and/or doing homework causing them to take longer to do the assignment and not being able to fully understand what they are studying or trying to do for the homework.

The part of the article that got my greatest attention was the story about Mr. Campbell. I felt sorry for what technology is putting him through. Technology is taking him away from his kids, wife, and even work. He does play video games with his son but a father and son bond need more then just video games to keep them at a close relationship. I felt bad for the wife because she has tried to go on vacations where she wanted her husband to unplug from technology and spend time with her and the family. In the end the entire family started using more technology in their lives. The wife was baking cookies and everytime her phone went off she turned all of her attention to the phone forgetting about the cookies and ended up burning them. In the end she couldn't stop going to her phone everytime it went off so she just bought cookies instead. I feel that this family is headed down a bad path of separation from each other. They need to go on a "diet" from technology and try to spend more time together as a family. Because to me family is the most important thing in the world.