I do not agree that the Google is making us stupid. In fact I think it’s increasing our knowledge base and helping us to keep up with the changing technological times. The author of this article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” happens to be a writer who is appealing to the literary audience or those who value literacy of the utmost importance in their lives for some reason or another.
Generally speaking, if not pursuing a higher education how much time would the average person spend reading anyway? Most people are so caught up in the daily routine of life such as working and caring for their families that there is little time left to spend reading novels or long articles. Prior to the internet most reading was probably done in medical office waiting rooms or on Sunday’s when things seem to slow down a little bit. Life is now being conditioned to get everything done quickly which is where the internet comes in. We take classes on the internet, we bank on the internet, bills are paid on the internet, and a lot of business and personal communication is done through the internet. It seems as though the internet is actually teaching us how to function in our future world.
As for Google itself, it is not making us stupid, because according to research if you don’t use your brain enough as you get older it won’t function like it used to anyway. Therefore, I think the Google is a great asset because its’ use does encourage consistent reading and probing of information. It guides us from hyperlink to hyperlink encouraging the reading of more information which actually takes the place of reading those lengthy articles that are usually in very small print. Google creates much needed information in a quick and condensed form that used to take hours to pull together. Researching information in a library can not only be time consuming, but discouraging as well when you see a stack of books that have to be skimmed through to gather information.
Maybe Google is not the best source for literary types because it may not quench their desire to be entangled in complex, intellectual, verbiage that only novelist of their caliber can understand, but to the average person it’s an informational God.
Generally speaking, if not pursuing a higher education how much time would the average person spend reading anyway? Most people are so caught up in the daily routine of life such as working and caring for their families that there is little time left to spend reading novels or long articles. Prior to the internet most reading was probably done in medical office waiting rooms or on Sunday’s when things seem to slow down a little bit. Life is now being conditioned to get everything done quickly which is where the internet comes in. We take classes on the internet, we bank on the internet, bills are paid on the internet, and a lot of business and personal communication is done through the internet. It seems as though the internet is actually teaching us how to function in our future world.
As for Google itself, it is not making us stupid, because according to research if you don’t use your brain enough as you get older it won’t function like it used to anyway. Therefore, I think the Google is a great asset because its’ use does encourage consistent reading and probing of information. It guides us from hyperlink to hyperlink encouraging the reading of more information which actually takes the place of reading those lengthy articles that are usually in very small print. Google creates much needed information in a quick and condensed form that used to take hours to pull together. Researching information in a library can not only be time consuming, but discouraging as well when you see a stack of books that have to be skimmed through to gather information.
Maybe Google is not the best source for literary types because it may not quench their desire to be entangled in complex, intellectual, verbiage that only novelist of their caliber can understand, but to the average person it’s an informational God.
