Is Google Making Us Stupid?

1. Would the replacement of our brains with artificial intelligence cause for a halt in creative and revolutionary advancements?

2. Is the change in our brains really a bad thing or does it just lead to a new and better way of thinking?

3. Is google actually making everyone stupid and lazier or is it just a handful of people?


2) In response to question 3, it makes you wondering if it is really google that is the main cause of our problems or if its just the people. I myself have become victim to just skipping through links and websites to find certain information I'm looking for but it hasn't effected my attention span. When I come across an article or passage online that I find interesting, I can easily sit there an read it. It's not the way we're getting the information but how we deal with the convenience. Everyone reacts differently to everything and there is no reason why this situation is different. We have certain people that just memorize information and then regurgitate it back on paper and are then done with it. The medium isn't the problem but instead it's the way we use it.

After reading the article, I both agree and disagree with Carr. I feel as though Carr looks at the situation as the worst possible outcome. He makes it sound as though the change is not a good thing. As mentioned in the article, there has been many instances in which people have been sceptical about the advancements occurring during their time. With that being said, Carr still does have a point. People today have become spoiled by the amount and immediate availability of information. It has become a double edged sword in the way that since there's so much information to go through, we don't have time to look through every since one so we end up just skimming and moving on. And when things are so easily accessed, we tend to just read what we need and then forget it right when we're done. There's no need to have to remember it because it can just be looked up again. We need to move away from abusing out use of google. It's a great source for information on anything you need. But in the process of searching and reading we need to absorb and retain the information.