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Does Google Make Us Stupid?
Do people not have to think for themseleves anymore? Does google do it for us?
Google provides information on anything ever recorded. So does this readibly accessible information along with a growing wireless environment make people stupid. People don't have to think for themselves anymore. Is the new approach not learning but applying waht is alreay known. Maybe that's the new frontier; taking the information known and making it work for you.
That is just a theory though ... Is Google making us stupid?
http://edutechdebate.org/literacies-old-and-new/google-stupid-attention-thoughtfulness-literacy-networked-age/
I think it might be the opposite. I look things up constantly on Google and Wikipedia, and I often wonder what I would have done if I couldn't look things up this way. The answer in most cases is I would do nothing and forget about my questions. I think these sites provide us with the ability to learn almost anything we want almost instantly. I look at it as a huge positive, and way better than going to the library.
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