If we consider stupid as "slow in mind" then I would have to somewhat agree with the article that Google is making us stupid. The reason why I'm saying this is because without exercising our brains with activities such as reading, mental math, writing etc the mind tends to become slow-the more we exercise our brains the more we get out of it. Like the article said Google has become some type of an artificial brain with a bigger processor-that is we do not have to think as much for answers, we can get them with a click of a button. In the past when doing a research, for example, we had to go to the library and read different books to get what we are looking for-you might not know but this helps us think. With Google you don't have to do a lot of thinking, you can type in a research question and get a ton of answers and with those answers you don't even have to read them all, you can easily skim through them. Google has a lot of advantages with information on our finger tips, with more information about our world etc. My point is technology is the not bad, the way we make use of it can either be bad or good. Its in our best interest to deviate from the Internet sometimes and grab a book, or play some math games etc to engage our minds in deep thinking-that way our minds won't be slow.
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