Thursday, January 23, 2014

Google Stupid?

This article was very accurate in stating facts on how the mind changes within each advancement of text; from thinking to writing, writing to typing, now typing to texting. Our minds have slowly changed in how precise and abrupt we expect to retain information. Google only takes pressure off of our minds to think critically through the power of buttons and screens. I don't know if stupid is what Google is making us but I know it is certainly forcing us to change what we're thinking about. For example, reading an article online is probably susceptible to have pop up, links, and advertisements that could very well distract a reader from their targeted material. On the other hand, a book has nothing but the word on its page which forces the reader to either read or make a conscience effort to put the book down. Google is making us something mentally lazy.

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