Christopher+Card's+Is+Google+Making+Us+Stupid?+notes

Know


 * Reading has become difficult for people i know including myself.
 * Research is much easier than it ever has been
 * We are technically reading more than ever but not in the same amount of depth

Want to know


 * Did the author use Google to do research on this piece?
 * Is there currently a study going on that proves this claim with scientific research?
 * Has this "issue" been addressed by anyone else?

Learn

> > > It would be important to mention that in the beginning of this piece I doubted the author and rejected the idea that the Internet is making us dumber even before reading the article, but by the end my opinion was completely changed. I had judge too early and didn't give much credit to the author and that was a mistake because the author seems to be on to something and backed up their idea with proof. Very compelling article and a good intelligent read. >  >
 * What //2001: A Space Odyssey// is
 * Experts agree with author that speed reading and decreases in concentration and increases in stimuli reduce ability to deep read.
 * Same intellectual phenomenon happens with typewriter and written alphabet
 * Fredrick Winslow Taylor and taylorism.
 * Googleplex and they constant goal to make everything more efficient, AI, etc.
 * University College London study comparing skimming to actual reading