Richard Restak describe the effect of technology on human brain in this reading. He indicates that the modern world with technology coerces the brain to take in more than one thought simultaneously, which changes the way it functions. For example, “This technologically driven change in the brain is the biggest modification in the last 200,000 years…exposures to technology seems to be spurring the current alteration” (411). This is a clear example of how technology is changing the way human brain works. As a result of this change, people are having a difficult time to focus one task or component. Restak uses crawlers on the bottom of the television screen while watching a televise interview, and spilt screen on television as examples of distractions
