Humanity has rapidly burst into the era of information technology. Until a few decades ago, people read paper books, paid with paper money, performed hard work with the help of mechanics.
Now everything rests on the shoulders of computer technology, and information is stored in virtual space. How to get used to this? For children who are just being born, it is quite simple to do this. But older people have some difficulties.
Chernigovskaya Tatiana Vladimirovna said what dangers the age of information technologies brings and how to deal with them.
Tatiana Chernigovskaya is engaged in research in the fields of neuroscience, psycholinguistics and theory of consciousness. He is an Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education, currently working on the basis of the St. Petersburg State University.
Information technology has become a sign of civilization
Information technology has made our life easier. Now, even to shop, you don't need to leave your home. You can also study at a good university remotely. Pay bills via the Internet and fully work on its sites, receiving money for this.
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These are obvious pluses that can turn into minuses only for those who do not know how to benefit from the development of information technologies. Development is taking place very rapidly, and those who want to keep up with it must constantly learn. As Tatyana Chernigovskaya says, children learn new things faster than anyone else.
But adults have to force themselves literally weekly to read all the news in the IT industry. Otherwise, you will not stay afloat.
The information age gave rise to unverified information
If you listen to Tatyana Vladimirovna Chernigovskaya, then you can agree that now anyone can upload information to the Internet. Any person, not checking it for authenticity, but presenting it as valid. Therefore, absorbing information, it is worth being very selective and analyzing everything on your own.
The abundance of information gives freedom of choice and the ability to compare. If earlier the information of one single author, presented in the book, was considered truly correct, now there are already many truths and it is not so easy to plant only one opinion on the whole society.
The virtual world is addictive
What to do? Communicate with real people, walk, live in the moment. It is difficult when there is a temptation to escape into the virtual world. But the reward will be worth it - real emotions, acquaintances, relationships.
