ENGLISH DEBATE ON SOCIAL TOPICコミュのtechnology making us stupid?

As it was said, technology continues to facilitate our lives in many aspects; however, the harm that can be done should never be left unexplored. With that said, usually I think most technology becomes global because the good outweighs the bad. It is unfortunate that, in the example given of kanji, a lot of people are forgetting the importance of the structures of each kanji and it's predicted that more and more people will be unable to write difficult kanjis. This is the same in any other languages in terms of spelling. On the other hand, being able to type on the computer is a crucial skill in the society today.

I think that there really is no way of avoiding technology because we are in fact lazy human beings, who always seek the easier solution. The most we can do is to be aware of the negative side effects each technology brings and realize consciously that it is not all good, so that we don't forget our capabilities without the use of technology.

Well, as Socrates said, we lose something with every new invention. Even the invention of writing took away our ability, and necessity, to memorize many things that could now be recorded and referenced easily.
There's almost always an upside and a downside to everything. This defiintely isn't true for everything, and I could give many examples but it would take up all too much time. But the kanji issue is a big one, and computers and word processors definitely aren't helping the situation.
First of all, despite the fact that Japanese would be almost impossible to interpret correctly (in written form) without the use of kanji, lets admit, it's not exactly the most brilliant form of writing ever created. We've got the Chinese to thank for that one. Rather than learning 26 letters and learning how combinations of those letters make different sounds, lets have several thousand dissheveled looking characters that take way too long to memorize and way too long to write. There's definitely a problem when Japanese people, who've been using kanji their whole lives, forget how to write them after only a year abroad. Unfortunately the Japanese language has adopted and integrated it into the system so now there's no turning back. Hence for an hither to, it's vital that people are taught both how to write and read the bloody things. And yes, it's not guaranteed that every document or memo we ever write is going to be typable, and so it's just as important for use to be able to physically write them as well as recognize them.
There are downsides to many inventions but as long as we're able to recognize them and allow ourselves to compensate for what we're losing then I don't think it's terribly problematic. But things like kanji is ingrained into Japanese culture and the language, and therefore just as much emphasis needs to be put on the writing as with the reading aspect.
And just as a side note, I don't think we make new technologies because humans are inately lazy, but rather because we hate to be unproductive. The easier things get to be, the more time and effort we can use on something else, whether it be a whole new task or simply doing the same task better and faster. Of course this isn't true for everything, but I think it's the driving force behind advancement.

I think that our technology, especially Internet media, may cause the people's unthinking. The reason, as everyone said, is that they made our life easier and easier. The Internet, for example, gave us an easy way to access (too) much information. There, what we have to do is just clicking images or text to get information we want. I think that this brings us to misunderstand that getting information is the same thing as understanding matters. To know things, we have to read between the lines, think deeply and compare the writer's opinion with yours like we do when reading books. When it comes to using Internet media, we tend to lack of these thought process.

My opinion, of course, is a specific situation or not everyone goes like this. But I think this is one of technological unfavorable effects.

I definitely don't think that video games have ever contributed to people getting to be "stupid," especially if you've looked at the evolution of video games from when they were first created. I mean, when I was little, we had games that were linear and simple, which were good for hand eye coordination but didn't take much creativity to beat. As time progresses, games have become 3D, involve much more complicated graphics and character interactions, real time, increased options, difficult commands, and more challenging games that require you to think out of the box. Not to mention video games have driven the limits of computer technology to where it is today. Rather than dumbing down, they've changed to make people think more, act quicker, and get involved in the progress of the story much like reading a book, but a book in which you're able to have a little creative lisence as to how or when the characters do certain things.
So dumbing down due to video games is definitely the words of an ignorant individual, who's most likely never played a single video game in his/her life. Now as for TV, it's the same sort of deal I think. You do have the option of choosing stupid video games that really don't do any of the above things I mentioned, and the same goes for TV programs. There are a lot of very education programs on TV, especially those on the Discovery Channel (which are my personal favorite), and you end up learning a lot about the world and how things work, which you may have never learned had you just been given the option to browse through a bunch of books at random. It's all a matter of how you use the media and the technology available to you. If you choose to only watch stupid reality TV shows, then maybe you are getting dumber, but there's always the option of switching to something else. Sorry for those who like reality TV shows, but you can't possibly come up with an argument to defend their educational merit. They're more of a stress reliever, laugh at someone else's expense show, which has a totally different purpose, but just don't end up watching them all the time.