Am I Stupid?

I believe that the answer to the original question isn’t necessarily that Google is making us stupider but it is changing the way that we read and gather information.  The argument is made that once the internet was invented information became readily available to anyone who wanted to access it.  With all of the information being available, there is no way that anyone can read it all because it would take someone years to read all the reports and papers of information that has be written about or discovered so in the interest of knowledge all the information was shortened and annotated. Search engines were introduced so that user could search for the information that they wanted to get with just one click of a mouse.

 

In response to Hedges article, I am baffled by the statistic that 42 million Americans cannot read and twenty percent hold high school diplomas.  I honestly think that this is crazy and I honestly find it hard to believe.  A major point it that entertainment is helping to destroy literacy levels because most of the entertainment is in the form of television or pop ups on our computers.  After reading these two articles I honestly have to agree with what they are talking about. I get most of my information from the internet and mostly all of my news for reading article titles and or CNN notifications on my iPhone, that it how I found out that we didn’t go over the fiscal cliff.  Even during the reading of these articles I could find myself drifting off and finding it hard to focus.  I love reading for pleasure because it is something that I actually want to read and find interesting.  I read the new Game of Thrones book in like a week because I liked it so much so I like seeing that I am not part of the statistic that said stated the percentage of people that don’t read another book after they leave high school.  At least I can take some consolation in that.