[Publib] "Is Google making us stupid?"

[Rob Amend]

Ouch.

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Rob Amend
Reference Librarian
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blog.reftechrob.com

On 6/16/08, Kathleen Stipek <kstipek at aclib.us> wrote:
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>  I don't think that Google is making us any more stupid; of course it
> isn't making us any less stupid, either.  Technology takes obnoxious traits
> and magnifies them.  There were always loudmouths; the microphone just
> brought them to our notice.  There have always been light-minded,
> self-aggrandizing twits; the internet allows them to shove themselves under
> our noses and pretend that they are on the cutting edge of technology.
> Twitness doesn't change; technology just helps twits to be more annoying.
>
>
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> Kathleen Stipek
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>
> *--Non, merci*
>
> *Cyrano de Bergerac*
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> *From:* publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Rob Amend
> *Sent:* Monday, June 16, 2008 12:52 PM
> *To:* Publib
> *Subject:* Re: [Publib] "Is Google making us stupid?"
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>
> Just as an aside, it seems to me that there has been a shift from spending
> time *acquiring* information to *using* the information to *create*. I
> have seen our missing attention span hard at work in music production, video
> editing, web page design, and fiction writing. Could it be that we are
> separating the data storage and retrieval process from the creative
> process--moving toward pure creativity?
>
>  --
> Rob Amend
> *Devil's Advocate*
> rob.amend at gmail.com
> blog.reftechrob.com
>
> On 6/14/08, *Joe Schallan* <jschallan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> If you care about the relationship of reading to thought, you'll want to
> read Nicholas Carr's article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?," in the
> July/August issue of The Atlantic (also available online at
> http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google ).
>
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