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1、科技是怎样让人变傻的Howgoodsoftwaremakesusstupid?科技是怎样让人变傻的?PeopleassumethatiPhones,laptopsandNetflixareevidenceofprogress.Insomeways,that'strue.AmoderateamountofGoogling,forinstance,canbegoodforyourbrain,andthereareappsthatcanboostbrainfunctionandactivity.Yettechadvan
2、cementsalsocomewithsomeunintendedconsequences.Ourbrainsbeing"massivelyrewired"bytech,saysneuroscientistMichaelMerzenichin TheShallows:WhatTheInternetIsDoingToOurBrains,aPulitzer-nominated2011bookbyNicholasCarr.Merzenichwarnsthattheeffectoftechnologyonhumanint
3、elligencecouldbe“deadly.”Thatgotusthinking.Howexactlyistechnologymessingupourbrains?人们认为iPhone、笔记本、和网飞公司是科技进步的证据。从某种方面来看,这是对的。比如,适度地网上搜索对你的大脑是有好处的,也有不少应用程序能够促进大脑运转,让大脑活跃起来。但是科技的进步同样伴随着一些无法预料的后果。神经系统科学家MichaelMerzenich在《浅薄:互联网如何毒化了我们的大脑》中提出,我们的大脑被科技大规模的重组了,这本书
4、是由NicholasCarr翻译的,曾在2011年提名普利策奖。Merzenich发出警告说科技对人类智能的影响将是“致命的”。那么科技究竟是如何让我们的头脑变得一团糟的呢?1.Techisscrewingupyoursleep(科技搞砸了你的睡眠)Studieshaveshownthatblue-enrichedlight,whichisemittedbygadgetslikesmartphones,tabletsandlaptops,cansuppressthebody'sreleaseofmelatonim
5、 atnight.Melatoninisakeyhormonethathelpsregulateyourinternalclock,tellingyourbodywhenitisnighttimeandwhentofeelsleepy.Bluelightcandisruptthatprocess,makingitimpossibleforyoutosticktoapropersleepschedule.Losingsleephasanumberofnegativeeffectsonyourbrain.Ifyou’
6、renotloggingsevenormorehoursofsleepeachnight,youmightsufferfromincreasinglybadmoods,decreasedfocusatwork andproblemswithmemory,nottomentionalossofactualbraintissue–allofwhichmakesyoulessthanajoytobearound.有研究表明智能手机、平板电脑以及笔记本电脑发出的蓝光,能够抑制人体在夜间释放褪黑激素。褪黑激素是调节人体生物
7、钟的一种关键激素,它能让你的身体保持正常的作息。而蓝光会中断这一过程,让你没办法遵守正常的作息时间。而失眠对你的大脑有一系列负面影响。如果你晚上没有睡够7个小时以上,第二天你就有可能情绪不好,也没办法集中注意力去工作,还有可能产生记忆问题—所有这些都让你无精打采。2.You’reeasilydistracted(你很容易分心)Youdon'treallyneedsciencetoknowthis,buttechnologymakesitmucheasiertogetdistracted,whetherthat’s
8、steppingawayfromanimportantprojecttocheckyoursmartphoneorflippingbetweenmultiplebrowsertabswithoutreallyfocusingonanyone.Ithasbeenproventhattogglingbetweenmultipletasksatoncedoesn’tactual