Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Technology makes people shy

On to other news....

Okay. Before I receive any comments about why I put this up, let me just say that technology is an application of science. So technically, this is still a "science & technology" news.


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So does technology affect shyness?


So the article over at news.com.au(The Sunday Telegraph) says that iPods make you bright. No, seriously. Technological gadgets and new information technologies such as the infamous MP3 player, the iPod, and the diabolical cell phone and text messaging makes people SHY.

"People shop online, they listen to their iPods rather than the radio -- and they e-mail or text each other rather than talk."
-Ms. Abrahams, Hardvard Business School Researcher

Are you one of them?


Read more at News.Com.Au

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What about those who spend hours talking to a stranger on the other side of the globe via YM and a webcam?
Maybe it has an opposite effect on other people.
just a thought.