Blog Post #3

 From the article "How Does the Internet Affect Our Thinking" we learn that spending a lot of time on the internet does a couple things to our brain. First we learned that the internet distracts us. Websites have many links, buttons to push, and pictures. We are constantly thinking about whether we should click the other things on the page, and cannot focus on the website we are reading. Second we learned the internet is very bad for our long-term memory. While on the internet we are constantly encountering new information. It is impossible to retain any of this information because there is so much. With all the information on the internet comes a lot of false news. In the video "How Can We Protect Truth in the Age of Misinformation" the speaker talks about possible solutions to false news. One of these solutions was transparency. Websites and social media platforms could reveal their algorithms so we know how they are controlling what we see, but this would leave us vulnerable to security threats. If algorithms are available, hackers would be able to hack into the websites and steal our personal information.