Results so far:
| No | 70% | 484 votes | Total: 687 votes | |
| Yes | 30% | 203 votes |
by Ben Hughes
Technology isn't the beast that some people like to make it out to be, but it isn't a saint either. In fact, maybe it's better not to blame technology at all but to hold ourselv...read more
by Elitehacker
Technology absolutely does not impoverish the mind; to even suggest that it does, is just ludicrous. The progress of technology can be used as a gauge of the progress of our soc...read more
It is impossible to speak of technology apart from the creators and the consumers. It is important to note that individuals create and use things in different ways for different...read more
The fact that we are engaging in such a debate may suggest that technology does the opposite of impoverishing the mind. In fact, many advances in technology are for the benefit ...read more
by Leigh Goessl
Technology does not impoverish the mind. The fact we allow technology to "think" for us could easily be perceived as impoverishment to the mind, but it does not weaken the mind ...read more
There is nothing of this world, or "out of this world" that can impoverish any mind which isn't already so unfortunately disposed. And the only condition that I can fathom woul...read more
by PatrickB
Does technology impoverish the mind? This can best be answered with the question: "Why are you reading this right now?" Certainly the Internet (which is the current shining b...read more
Without technology our lives would be primitive and filled with hard manual work, struggling to provide food and shelter for our families. Our minds would have to focus on survi...read more
by Raven Lebeau
As a child, I was labeled as "gifted". (Sad violin music begins to play.) Now, thanks to spell check, I never have my i's and e's in the right order when I have to write some...read more
Technology impoverishing our minds? Where do we get these ideas? I am astonished that people still believe that calculators destroy our children's ability to do math. Math skill...read more
by Laura Hogan
The human mind was designed with one overall arching theme, the same theme that is found in the unintelligent design of all living things, efficiency. Our minds work to understa...read more
by Seth Keipper
While there may be some immediately noticeable drawbacks to modern society and youth in particular technology is not a causal factor. Let's face it. Every generation has confl...read more
by John Graham
To some extent technology does impoverish minds and I'll offer two examples before arguing the opposite, that technology does not impoverish minds. First, consider the checko...read more
Thousands of years ago, medical lore, history, and all knowledge was passed from one generation to the next by word of mouth. The people who maintained this knowledge had to ha...read more
by Erich Strebe
Technology is the ultimate human expression of creative innovation. From its earliest manifestations as stone hammers and fire-starters to modern-day telecommunications and spac...read more
by Minh Tran
It is notable that this debate on whether technology impoverishes the mind takes place on the cyberspace. We participants can come from anywhere on Earth where the Internet is a...read more
Does technology impoverish the mind? An interesting question, considering that I am typing this on a computer and you are likely reading it on the same. As technology grows, ...read more
by Kathleen Ray
If a person where to think just a little about this question, they might say yes. I mean whos kid hasn't tried to do their math with a calculator, or used spell check to check ...read more
In the universe things often fall into the same pattern as that old mystical concept of the yin and yang - a large area of zero and a small area of one, if you're a programmer o...read more
by Todd Pheifer
Some people love technology so much that it can be an addiction. Cell phones, text messaging, Internet surfing, and television watching are regular practices in our daily lives...read more
Our world is full of 'labor-saving devices', all of which are aimed to do exactly that. To an extent, they live up to the expectation. We can multitask in ways that our grandp...read more
"His notebooks impair his meaning; his libraries overload his wit" Ralph Waldo Emerson I feel strongly that Mr. Emerson would have said the same thing about computers. ...read more
by Jason Lusk
Does technology impoverish the mind? In some ways, this is a double-edged question. If you look at it historically, the answer is both yes and no. It's obvious that the indus...read more
Yes technology does impoverish a weak mind. If you are person that does not like to think, then technology can make you lazy and unable to analyze. When I first started prog...read more
As much as I would hate to admit such a thing, I think we can see a direct correlation between more technology and less educated people. Why should this be? Shouldn't technology...read more
by Marc Steel
In the beginning there was no technology but man was able to survive. Unfortunately though, man got a little fed up with walking across the lands for miles so started to use a d...read more
Technology can impoverish the mind if the person on the receiving end of its beneficial contribution chooses to be a slave to its helpful but subtly addicting uses. Technology ...read more
by Stacy Wong
What would we do without technology, or rather, what could we do without it? The advancement of technology, especially in developed nations, has indeed brought about many benefi...read more
by Jess Howe
I'm a luddite. Personally, I don't mind technology but honestly, there are some parts today that don't make sense, and do indeed have the potential to hurt a person's intel...read more
by Rich Rivers
Technology has been with us since man started living on earth. It has helped us a lot in our daily lives and has made life easier for us but it has also dulled our minds. Mode...read more
Anyone with a clear understanding of what technology is and how it fits into our lives cannot deny that technology has an effect on our minds; and that effect is not a positive ...read more
You are sitting in your office about to finish a lengthy document to submit via the web. Unfortunately, you still need to spell check and the Internet connection goes down just...read more
by Xiling Lu
Theoretically, technology should strengthen man's creativity, but the fact shows we depend on the high technology so much and which stops us going forward. When we step into the...read more
Technology impoverishes the mind, and it is a detriment to the long term well being of the human race. It is well stated by Plato that with the onset of written word mankind's ...read more
by Carol Noble
Technology has benefited some people, especially the disabled. However, to gain a decent profit companies who make technological support systems have marketed their products to...read more
by Alex Konar
I think this question is determined by how we define "the mind." Intelligence is one way to do so, and certainly our technical world could improve upon our intelligence as we le...read more
If we take a look at the evolutionary history of man-kind many will stop and wonder if what we are doing is what we are supposed to be doing. Whether we are or not can be contes...read more
by Ann Smith
Having teenagers in this age of awesome gadgets and instant communication has shown me first hand how technology "impoverishes" the mind. I've seen the shocked look on face...read more
by Gregory Mayo
Technology impoverishes the mind, body and soul. Let's start with the mind. The thing people used to say when video games came out was that they improved eye-hand coordinati...read more
First let me say I believe that technology gives one the ability to free ones self to do other things. It allows for rapid communication, lightening quick search engines and a ...read more