1.0https://www.awamipolitics.comGuest Writerhttps://www.awamipolitics.com/author/guest-writerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="66QidZCyUM"><a href="https://www.awamipolitics.com/is-your-brain-being-disrupted-by-too-much-tech-24032.html">Is Your Brain Being Disrupted By Too Much Tech?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.awamipolitics.com/is-your-brain-being-disrupted-by-too-much-tech-24032.html/embed#?secret=66QidZCyUM" width="600" height="338" title="“Is Your Brain Being Disrupted By Too Much Tech?” — " data-secret="66QidZCyUM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> When was the last time you memorised a phone number? For most of us, thanks to the ‘smart device age’ we live in, the answer is  ‘eons ago!” from allowing us to telecommute, remotely turning on the car’s ignition to regulating room temperatures  with a single click, technological advancements have made our lives simpler than ever. Yet, recent research has revealed that this technological pervasiveness has started to adversely affect our memories. According to Erik Fransen, a computer science professor at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology, every internet browsing sessions that lasts for more than 30 minutes at a