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This is reinforced by Source 1, “Scientists Ask: Is Technology Rewiring Our Brains?” by author Malcolm Ritter, stating: “When the brain spends more time on technology-related tasks and less time exposed to other people, it drifts away from fundamental social skills like reading facial expressions during conversations” This statement of evidence further proves the point that there are various potential consequences that occur when one spends excessive amounts of time active on the internet, a problem many teenagers and young adults struggle with. To begin with, the continuous daily usage of technology over long periods of time has lead to a decrease in the socializing abilities of active participants that use the internet on a daily basis. Who could have thought that the massive influx of technology in modern live could have such a tremendous effect on the human brain? According to recent studies done by various health and educational institutions, technology being a major part of modern human daily life has impacted the brain in various ways by affecting the strength of social skills involved in contact activities, such as having a face-to-face conversion with a person, changing the way young developing brains build essential skills such as learning to read, and teaching teenagers and young adults essential skills will come in handy in both the social digital world, and the real life workplace.