Fast Web, Slow Web

March 14, 2014

The article titled How the Fast Web is Impairing How You Think on LifeHacker introduces the Slow Web movement in response to dangerous habits being formed around the Fast Web. The Fast Web is the web most of us are accustomed to, it is dictated by an overwhelming amount of information that we don’t set out to take in, but breeze through while checking Facebook statuses or clicking through pages on StumbleUpon. The article explains the problem this creates,

“The life of the Fast Web is one of constant distraction. Going slow leads to sharper focus on fewer things and, in the case of Automatic Believing theory, less risk of falling for something that’s just not true…When the rush of digital life eases with Slow Web, you have an opportunity to take notice of the world around you and open your eyes to something you could be missing out on that’s right under your nose.”

The article finds support for its theory with the Inattentional Blindness theory, which stipulates that people focused on one distraction will miss other things happening around them. Scheduling the time we spend on the internet will prevent us from falling into the time-wasting distractions that are so appealing and yet ultimately useless.

Chelsea Kerwin, March 14, 2014

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