Gary Small, a neuroscientist at the University of California, argues that the internet is a lot more than just a communications medium. It may be altering the way that we think on an evolutionary scale. Internet searching and text messaging, according to small, makes the brain better at filtering information and instant decision making.
The people in the next generation who will be “on top” will be those who master technological skills as well as face to face skills. In order to master them, Small argues that we do run the risk of losing human contact skills.
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According to a recently released study by the Center for Energy, Resources and Economic Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley, green initiatives at the state level created jobs in the private sector. With consumers able to reduce energy spending, that spending was redirected to other demands.
The number that Berkeley came up with was $44.6 billion, of which $1.2 billion was in the light industrial sector, $11.2 billion was in wholesale and retail trade, $7.3 billion was in the financial and insurance sectors and $17.8 billion was in the service sector. The study primarily focused on household spending and how the spending habits changed after money was removed from the electric bill.
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