Destroying or Creating

"As we come to rely on computers to meditate or understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence." That final sentence is the ending point in Nicholas Carr's article "Is Google making us Stupid?" 

This article made me think, a lot. I believe that the way we are using, maybe even abusing the Internet is going to ruin the way we think, read and write. I know technology is progression which is mostly good, but not always. We aren't reading anymore to immerse ourselves in the words or the meaning of the story, we're reading to make sure we're informed about whats going on in the world and peoples lives. I'm not saying that informational reading is less important than reading novels or other stories. I don't think that we have to "dump" one way of reading for another.

We're loosing the richness in the way we talk because of the way we communicate over text and aim. In Shakespeare's time the way words were cherished made them beautiful, ever day speech was almost poetic. We're so lazy now we definitely don't cherish our words, most of us use slang words on a regular basis. Texting and other forms of typed conversation have made our brains want to get the information out as quickly as possible. We don't take the time to say talk to you later we just write ttyl, that's a prime example of laziness. 

Google is promoting this robotic almost mechanic way of thinking and processing information. We're loosing our depth. I'm sure Google would love to see our desire for leisurely reading and concentrated thinking to be diminished. This is already happening in newer generations. How many kids would pick up a book over their Nintendo? Very few. We're going to start relying completely on technology. I think that would alter our society in a really big way. The same connections and relationships we have will cease to exist in their present form because of email, facebook, text message and skype. The way we read and think is already being changed by online resources like Google. The only reason this is happening is because we're lazy. We've lost live the drive to be scholars and poets and further our thinking process. Many say why care, we have google to research then ponder our questions instead of our own minds. What will happen to our children and their children? Will books become foreign objects to them? Will paper and pen become forgotten tools? What level (if any level) of thinking process will future generations have? Yes, technology is helpful but in the long run will it ruin us or create something that?