Are You A Digital Native Or A Digital Immigrant?

Catalyst: Information overload - Is suggesting information overload turning digital natives into scattered thinkers? Subscribe to Journeyman for daily current affairs and science reports: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For more journeyman science: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGSlkijht5iXbPX7d_oTP47c9C3kArQ0 On October 29th, 1969, the world s first internet message was sent between two computers in California. It consisted of the letter L , followed by O . Then the system crashed. Just over 40 years later, there are more than two billion people connected to the internet. The scale, the breadth of the activity is mind-blowing. But is easy access to information transforming the way we think... for the worse? Catalyst, ABC Australia Journeyman Pictures brings you highlights from the cutting-edge science series, ‘Catalyst’, produced by our long-term content partners at ABC Australia. Every day we’ll upload a new episode that takes you to the heart of the most intriguing and relevant science-related stories of the day, transforming your perspective of the issues shaping our world.