7.03.2008

Is Google Making us Stoopid

On several levels - Yes. (Great Atlantic article)

It's been a bit since i read this - what do you all think? There's obviously a balancing act that goes on with new technology, where there are new opportunities but you also lose some of what makes us human (see Neil Postman's Technopoly). In any event - i enjoy those who are willing to admit the downside of "progress"

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oooo, my first post on the blog. Very exciting.

I don't know if Google is making us stoopid, but it clearly is making it too easy to spend tons of time on the internet (see generally Column Lyceum). :)

Dr. Ed said...

It is not Google that is making us stupid, it's the fact that anything (including this comment) can be posted to the internet and thus appear to have some credibility.