“Lost in Electronica,” by George F. Will, describes how the simulation of electronic devices has affected all people, but boys in particular. This matters to myself, education, and the world. To begin, this matters to myself because I can relate to this article and how it discusses that it used to be that a boy wouldn’t get bored for over two hours of nothing going on but today boredom can be followed by a mere 30 seconds of nothing particular to do. Will quotes a psychologist, Adam Cox, who states that we are addicted to electronics and it has become like a drug to our brains. Some periods of boredom would be good for us and give us time to think and become civil men. Then this matters to education because modern students today have many distractions that interfere with their learning process. Students today often do homework at the same time they are looking at Facebook and iTunes. Consequently, this matters to the world because if we keep falling deeper and deeper in to the stimulation as described by Will, what will happen? The article states that boys have “failure to launch” and “are preoccupied with self amusement.” They don’t really grow up.
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