I came across this article, “Online, R U Really Reading?”, on the New York Times website today. Following my post on the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, I thought it would make an excellent counterpoint. Personally, I’m in the camp that says Google is making us stupid, but Times author Motoko Rich does make [...]
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Reading Debate Continues
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments
The Answer Could Be Yes
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
A new article in The Atlantic asks the question: Is Google Making Us Stupid?
After reading what writer Nicholas Carr has to say on the question - combined with my own observations of self and others - I have to say that I agree with his tentative “yes.”
If you’ve been finding it harder and harder to [...]