71. Is the Internet Making People Stupid? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>Is the internet making people stupid? Is it making us less intelligent? Certainly the internet is changing the way we think, the way we learn, and the way we read. But is this necessarily a bad thing? In this episode of Thinking in English we’ll try to shed some light on these questions!</strong></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/04/26/71-is-the-internet-making-people-stupid-english-vocabulary-lesson/"><strong>TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/04/26/71-is-the-internet-making-people-stupid-english-vocabulary-lesson/</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/04/39-brexit-all-the-essential-vocabulary-english-vocabulary-lesson/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CONTACT US!!</a></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/</a>)</p> <p>Twitter - @thinkenglishpod</p> <p>Blog - <a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thinkinginenglish.blog</a></p> <p>Gmail - thinkinginenglishpod@gmail.com</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Vocabulary List</strong></p> <p><strong>Paradox (n) - a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contain two opposite facts or characteristics</strong></p> <p><em>It is a paradox that drinking a lot of coffee when you are thirsty can often make you feel even more thirsty</em></p> <p><strong>Interruption (n) - an occasion when someone or something stops something from happening for a short period</strong></p> <p><em>I worked all morning without interruption</em></p> <p><strong>To reprogram (v) - to program (a computer or something similar) again or differently</strong></p> <p><em>The computers were reprogrammed to correct the error</em></p> <p><strong>Critical (adj) - giving opinions or judgments</strong></p> <p><em>He has written a long critical piece evaluating the ex