Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Is Google making us stupid? A valid question. I have seen in myself many of the symptoms that Nicholas Carr points out as effects of using Google and other internet sources for information. I find that I tend to have a staccato style of writing. Of course, having it pointed out to me and noticing when I do it myself, I have tried to remedy it. I feel that yes Google is making us just as stupid as it is making us smarter. There will always be those who fashion a crutch from a ladder. Just like when writing became commonplace, some chose to not memorize things but instead write them down. There are others, I'm sure, who used the new access to information to memorize more things. Google is the same. While reading this article, I was able to search the internet about the creators of Google out of curiosity. I could spend hours learning about Larry Page and Sergey Brin but I'd rather not. The internet gives us the option to learn as much as we want about any subject. Unfortunately, it seems, a vast majority of us tend to choose to learn nothing much about anything. I would say that the more technology we are blessed with, the more polarized we will become. Mean those who fall behind will fall farther and those who can get ahead will rocket far beyond their peers.

 I personally love to read books. I like the feeling I get when I'm in an impressive library. I crave information. However, reading takes time, even for those who practice and have a talent for it. I'll admit that I have spent hours at a time on the internet skimming whatever suits my fancy quite often, learning just enough to say I know just enough. That being said, I recognize that the things I know most about are the things I dove into instead of skimming. We simply need to dive. Yes our "skimmer" is the fastest it has ever been but all we will know about the ocean is that it is blue and wet unless we jump off the speed boat and dive. 

P: The purpose of this article is to bring to the attention of the reader that the way they think is affected by the way we are now learning.

T: Various examples are shown in which instant information is changing the way we think.

I: Are we losing something valuable in the way we learn in exchange for the newer ways? 

C: He declares that if we aren't careful, we will become the machines.