For Better and Worse, The Web Is Changing How We Think
In the past few weeks, the internet has worked itself into a state over one question: does the web make people stupid? It’s a discussion that in large part was started by Nick Carr, whose recent book The Shallows argues that the internet is changing the way our brains work for the worse. People like Clay Shirky have said, no the web is making us smarter, while others have responded by saying that the online world is not inherently good or bad – it’s just change. Who’s right? Well, they all are. But if the future is all about the web – and, make no mistake, it is – how is the internet changing how we think? The…