Response to "Changing the way we think"

This article is intriguing because it asks the question of whether current technologies, like Google and other search engines, are causing us to actually lose intelligence. Information falls upon both sides of the fence in this debate. Use of modern day search engines causes us to not have to look through major lists of sources, and allows us to find major sources rather easily. Irronically, because of this benefit our brains actually lose connections over time because we are not using it as much.

Today, many people use the internet simply for online sites such as Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.; instead of reading other materials. Onliine reading does not encourage reading off of pages, however different forms of literacy are bound to show up as technology and people advance's forward. Today's online social networks are being equated as a defining part of our culture.

Overall, I felt that this article was interesting because it challenges your own way of thinking. Before reading this article, I never even thought about how use of technologies and search engines could affect your brains compacity. I happen to fall on the side that argues for these programs because I happen to believe they helped maintain brain cells for me. The ease of finding sources they brought around allows me to easily gather books and articles.