By Gregory M. Lamb,Christian Science Monitor
Middle School Unplugged,” was that time away from gadgets might cause young people like Wade to see the benefits of disengaging from their screens and connecting in person with friends and family. But it seemed to have the opposite effect on Wade: “I sort of learned the magnitude of how [technology] helps me.” Not carrying a phone was a factor in his getting lost on his own in downtown San Francisco, near where he lives, an experience that troubled him. Wade is a “digital native” whose world – half in cyberspace, half on terra firma – is breeding what might be called a new species of thinkers. The early 21st century may be a watershed moment in how humans learn and communicate, a change perhaps not equaled since the invention of the printing press nearly six centuries ago.
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