Javier Gonzalez
5 February 2015
The effects of the Internet to Body and Mind
It has been known that the generation we live in is basically surrounded by technology
and technology is what this generation will mostly know of. Ever since the 2nd millennium began,
technology companies and products have had an enormous increase in many homes and
companies in the world. Although this was good for a moment, many people have experienced
the downside that this new innovative technology has had to people. Many would say that this is
an addiction. The effect of the internet harms our brain because of the information we want to
attain and the misunderstanding that the internet is the only source for information. Looking at a
digital screen effects your eyes and mind more than looking at paper with the same amount of
information. Not only psychological but in the long term detrimental to your health. Before
technology people used to enjoy sitting down to read a good book, but that has significantly
changed over the past years. Somewhere among all this new technology the simple book has got
pushed aside.
When talking about the effects of the internet on our minds one can conclude that there
may be an addiction not only to some but to the majority of people who use it. This addiction
comes with people’s addiction of wanting to be intelligent and wanting to know everything. In
this day in age, when asked a question, one would like to give a detailed answer to fully answer
the question. When someone does not know the answer it becomes mental. The urge to know
what the answer is makes the person want to do research to figure it out. With the innovation of
technology from the computers, tablets, iPods and even watches, the access to information is
literally at your fingertips. Most people in this day in age have smart phones and there is so much
that can be done on a smartphone. These phones can let people check email, use social media and
the internet, play music, videos and games, call, text, and so much more. So the addiction to the
technology has become a necessity, not only to technology but also the information the
technology provides.
“An addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance (alcohol,
cocaine, nicotine) or engages in an activity (gambling) that can be pleasurable but the
continued use of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life
