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Why Smart Phones — Specifically Texting — May Sap Your Intelligence and Leave You Less Creative and More Manipulable

By InfoWise News Team “The medium is the message,” Canadian philosopher and critic Marshall McLuhan famously proclaimed in 1964. McLuhan had television in mind. The quote, however, underscores the way devices change consciousness irrespective of the content they transmit. By being primary a passive medium, television reinforces consumer culture and perhaps also the drive to consume, influencing mindsets in ways not readily apparent to participants. … Continue reading Why Smart Phones — Specifically Texting — May Sap Your Intelligence and Leave You Less Creative and More Manipulable

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The InfoWise Foundation is an informal nonprofit spotlighting corporate and organizational practices that impact mental and general health and wellbeing. The Foundation’s vision is to grow into a funded, fully-staffed organization running multiple campaigns to educate and empower U.S. and international consumers. InfoWise is informed by modern neuroscience and psychology, along with Buddhist, Greek and Roman Socratic and stoic practices, and by multiple contemporary progressive … Continue reading Welcome to InfoWise

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