journal 9

I do not agree completely with the idea that Google is making us stupid. Everything that is used now, during the age of technology, is created for the sole purpose of making our lives easier. People are so busy that people want to get things done quicker which is why people don’t want to take the time to read an entire book, they would much rather read a shorter version of the same article. So one could argue that Google is not making us more stupid, but it is making us lazier because we become accustomed to reading shorter articles. If we become used to reading these shorter articles, then we will not be able to read entire books or even lengthy articles. Google is part of the “problem,” but also sites like sparknotes.com and even news sites. For me, I don’t want to take the time to read 5 or 6 chapters of a book that I don’t even care about. I would much rather read 5 or 6 pages that include all the main events so I don’t have to waste my time on the minor details that are not important anyway. So it is not necessarily true that Google is making us stupid, it is just making us lazier. This will continue to get increasingly worse until we do not want to read anything at all, no matter what the length may be.