Sunday, March 18, 2012



Is Google Making US Stupid?

This article is less about Google and more about brain function.

The idea is that technology we use to write (pens, typewriters, computers) and the primary medium we consume as readers (printed work, online, languages that use characters vs. alphabet)  shapes our neural circuitry.

  What you think?

I care less about right and wrong here, because whether Google is making us stupid or not, it is here to stay. 

We are no more likely to stop reading online than sighted individuals are to choose to read braille over printed text.

The question for me is if we still desire the ability to develop (or maintain) "the ability to interpret text, to make rich mental connections" how do we proceed?