Chapter One
Blundering Into the Future:
Hype and Hope
"Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living."
Nicholas Negroponte
"Computers? The more the better. I want my kids to be prepared
for the real world out there."
Suburban father, Atlanta, Georgia
"Technology! I feel as if we're being swept down this enormous
river--we don't know where we're going, or why, but we're caught in the
current. I think we should stop and take a look before it's too late."
Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Long Island, New York
Technology shapes the growing mind. The younger the mind, the more
malleable it is. The younger the technology, the more unproven it is. We
enthusiastically expose our youngsters to new digital teachers and
playmates, but we also express concern about the development of their
brains, bodies, and spir ... read full excerpt from Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds--For Better and Worse ebook
