Sunday, December 12, 2010

Journal 9

I think google is both beneficial to general knowledge and is very practical, however I would say that it is hindering some aspects of human learning. With google, searching for answers on a given subject can be easily done. However, the amount of misinformed or insufficiently supported content on the internet is overwhelming. Besides the fact that knowledge may not be trustworthy, google shortens our attention span and drives us to find quick answers online rather than reading a credible book or text on the subject. Because googling something is a lot easier than going to the library or reading a text book, I believe it is making us lazier and less thorough. I believe we retain information longer if we are physically responsible for retaining such information, such as writing down responses after reading a chapter.

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