Response to Digital Nations

It is true that most children and teenagers in this day and age grow up online. Todays generation of youngsters are connected to the web 24/7 with the technologies brought along in new cell phones. Everyone, to some extent, can access nearly anyone or any pice of information from anywhere. Because of the constant communication between parties today, multitasking has become a large part of the online person's life, allowing them to check their emails, blogs, Facebooks, IM's, and websites while continuing to participate in the real world. I understand how such "living in the virtual world" led to studies of the brain, but as far as the video Digital Nations went, it seemed almost beneficial to participate in this online community.

I also have to agree with the video about how research and studies done on technology can never be 100% accurate. Technologies themselves update faster than studies can be produced, leaving most of what a particular study aims at as obsolete information that only pertains to a prehistoric form of technology.

Asian PC gaming seems to be an interesting problem that not many people in America seem to be aware of. Its difficult to acknowledge nations of people far worse off than our own in regards to virtual living, but seeing how some Japanese PC cafes were run, you can feel a sort of empathy for the kids hooked to the a virtual life. The addiction camps seem a step in the right direction. The emphasis on recovering a lost childhood seems like a good method to reconnect these people to the real world.