google making stupid google making stupid internet brains alternatively google making magazine article technology writer highly critical internet effect published july august edition atlantic magazine page cover story main argument internet detrimental effects diminish capacity concentration despite title article specifically targeted google impact internet world wide web expanded argument internet brains book published june essay extensively discussed media reactions argument blog discussion focused apparent bias argument literary reading view reading internet generally shallower form comparison reading printed books believes intense sustained form reading exercised media internet impact memory retention discussed online scientific magazine edge argued ultimately responsibility individuals monitor internet usage impact long term psychological studies yield definitive results argument studies provided changing habits internet users ucla study led wonder breadth brain activity shown occur users performed internet searches study functional actually facilitated reading possibly mind quality thought determined additional presence brain activity regions known control decision making complex reasoning skills background prior publication essay critics long concerned potential electronic media literary reading american academic published book titled fate reading electronic age consisting collection essays declining influence literary culture tastes literature favored social group central premise essays asserting alternative delivery formats book inferior paper incarnation spurred write book experience class taught fall students little appreciation literature assigned stemming opinion variety skills involved deep reading essay book presented reservations application interactive technologies educational instruction long term effects new processes data absorption unknown yield expansion short term memory banks long term memory developmental psychologist took cause defending reading print culture book squid story science reading brain approaching subject matter scientific angle contrast cultural historical angle reviewers critical wolf touching internet potential impact reading book essays published concurrent book release elaborated worries essay boston_globe wolf expressed grave concern development knowledge children heavy users internet produce mere information time motivation think beneath cautioned web volume information confused true knowledge essay published books wolf contended reading brain strengths lost future generations children taught read think deeply reading read preferring maintain academic perspective wolf firmly asserted scientifically verified deserved study book big switch world google material final chapter provided basis later atlantic magazine article titled google making stupid inspiration write google making stupid came difficulties found remaining engaged books read books found interesting called deep reading term coined academic book later defined developmental psychologist added synopsis start essay says recent difficulties concentrating reading books long articles spending lot time internet regular internet usage effect diminishing capacity concentration argument couple anecdotes changing reading habits findings university college london study titled information behaviour researcher future suggests emergence new types reading cites expert reading expertise role media technology learning written languages raises point unlike speech innate ability human brain ability read taught order brain original parts task interpreting symbols words acknowledges argument backing long term psychological studies draws wolf work particularly book squid relate argument way circuits reading brain specifically shaped demands particular written language chinese japanese alphabet based scripts shaped regular internet usage expected different shaped reading books page based written material begins argument reasoning capacity concentrate weakened regular internet usage mentions historical example involving usage fairly new technology 1880s according german scholar prose style changed started adopted developing difficulty writing hand failing proceeds explain scientific research field demonstrated brain fact coined term intellectual technologies describe technologies extend brain states believes human brain adopts qualities intellectual technologies discussing mechanical clock benefits losses characteristic new technologies ventures impact internet far encompassing previous intellectual technology internet gradually performing services intellectual technologies replacing finally contends prevalent style presentation internet content significantly hinder capacity concentrate surround internet content form ads additionally claims detrimental effects concentration compounded traditional media gradually adopting style presentation content internet order remain competitive consumer expectations change capacity diminish computer internet user brain knowledge work manipulation abstract information knowledge previously manually comparing internet management system industrial efficiency makes point workers complained felt mere application theory management processes improving labor productivity google prime example company computer engineers software designers applied knowledge industry delivering increasingly robust information effect opportunities additionally argues internet dominant business model companies collect information users deliver advertisements companies capitalize users link link engage sustained thought finally places skepticism historical context reflecting previous detractors technological advances fared correct points concerns written language 15th century venetian editor concerns printed works failed benefits technologies hold human knowledge essay playwright lament highly educated articulate personality reception essay widely discussed media critically passing english technology writer observed argument succeeded provoking wide ranging debate new_york_times talking article atlantic magazine group actually read word article controversial online responses essay according chicago_tribune critic partly outcome essay title google making stupid question article proper doesn actually pose believed perfect fodder don ridiculous blog post johnson challenged readers carefully consider online responses interest raising quality debate critics discussed merits essay great length forums set formally purpose online publisher online scientific magazine edge roster names quickly took day internet critics calling great digital literacy debate british american entrepreneur author judged victor american reader blessed wide range compelling writing america articulate internet book critic pointed chinese characters incorrectly described essay error believed undermined essay argument myth chinese script effectively scholar book chinese language fact fantasy chinese writing system acknowledged debate terminology response explained decided use common term quoted demonstrate likewise define chinese characters instances writer activist noted critics label argument disappointed critic later maintained stance slowly forcing caricature journalist wired magazine piece described assumption web hurts helps statement preceded overview technologies historically denounced concluded solution better schools renewed commitment reason scientific people distinguish knowledge garbage prominent scientists working field supported argument scientifically plausible professor directs quoted essay expertise essay publication olds wrote letter editor atlantic reiterated brain plastic referring changes occur organization brain result experience olds opinion given brain long stretch pioneers research later added comment discussion stating given talk google asked audience question asked essay believed absolutely question brains engaged directly synthesis information use research strategies efficiency secondary context referencing lightly director ucla wrote letter editor atlantic stated believed brains developing online social networking adapting new technology culture media given journalists argument capacity concentration treatments second argument capacity far columnist noted little leisure time disposal compared grew anecdotes provided journalists indicated capacity described context parties columnist consultant found growing tendency clients provide ill considered descriptions technical problems columnist miami herald described difficulty sitting read book felt like getting away like slip office catch technology admitted internet struggled settle books particularly fiction particularly printed form found portable long form audio easily achieve sustained attention makes optimistic potential ancient traditions like oral storytelling powerful effects writing atlantic year argued human evolved meet environmental challenges posed internet different described referred form attention deficit caused filter trouble isn information tools managing infancy technologies worries developed precisely help control flood data ideas google isn problem beginning solution articles discussed places form tension pair question survey distributed noted academics responded detail proposition wrong google stupid tended thought arguments relied thinking reliance internet tools inevitably cause brain thinking getting necessary outcome evolutionary pressures describes noted agreed hit important subject conclusions widely supported firmly argument journalist praised virtues web deep search knowledge web jumping link link reading deeply moment hundreds links pulling new connections quickly google web serve performing real time course hours feeling brain light sic feeling like getting web journalist reported reading habits teenager way shelf book critic view responsible adults deal case claimed remain fully able turn noise read deeply analysis rise internet based computing philosophical question society control technological progress raised online scientific magazine edge founder argued individual necessary maintain capacity read book way computer scientist writer idea technological progress autonomous process proceed chosen direction independently echoed view stated american historian book pentagon power suggested technological advances shape society controlled society free employed believed technology significantly hindered idea axis choice comes technology adoption stated believed individual personal choice technology little effect technological progress according view expressed technological progress incorrect regarded technology solely advances science engineering influence costs production consumption economics significant consideration opinion competitive marketplace efficient methods providing important resource prevail technological advances shape society individual able resist effects lifestyle lonely end futile despite technology shape economics turn shape society focus literary reading selection particular quote essay member faculty commented developing difficulty reading books long essays specifically novel war peace criticized having bias narrative literature quote failed represent types literature technical scientific literature contrast accessible widely read advent internet blog writer observed war peace long interesting stating hard argue years seen decrease availability material scientific technical subjects comments war peace derided peers defense inventor asserted books created serve purpose purpose served better means considered book fine admirable device imagined clay time wired magazine editor believed idea book apex human culture resisted differentiated online reading literary reading stating reader directed enters environment like open ended information zone feels psychologically fragmented abundance critics effects shift abundance written material media result technologies introduced internet shift examined potential lead individuals superficial subjects deep subjects according individual ability concentrate facilitated relatively environment ceased exist wide availability web new media acknowledged unprecedented quantity written material available web occasion sacrifice cultural importance works believed solution help sacrifice worth direct contrast argued deep inheritance essential called consensus vision society culture shaped warning allowing commercial marketplace future standing traditionally important cultural works found new forms expression emerge suit internet considered faith reason later response continued theme technologies writing abundant require new social structures accompany explaining printing press led abundance cheap books met host large small separation fiction non fiction recognition talents listing concepts practice noting editions impact web memory retention result vast stores information accessible web critics pointed decrease desire recall certain types information indicating believed change process recalling information types information recalled according wall_street_journal business technology blogger growing importance placed ability access information instead capacity recall information straight memory long term change type job skills companies hiring new employees find valuable increased reliance internet speculated long guy remembers fact topic valuable guy knows find facts wondered usage recall phone numbers geographical historical information effect releasing certain resources turn strengthened aspects drawing parallels memory process people remember things relationships groups web like time particular factual memory varieties far conclusive left web impact memory retention open question themes motifs effect technology brain essay introduces discussion scientific support idea brain example philosopher said influenced technology according german scholar book film writing style started began writing ball failing disabled ability write hand idea writing style changed better worse adopted disputed critics offered alternate explanations apparent changes believed brain huge amazing enormously complex far far base think years internet media acquisition fundamentally response point stated recent brain research demonstrated pretty clear adult brain wire fly new_york_times reported scientists believed certainly plausible brain shaped differently regular internet usage compared reading printed works consensus scientific community possible brain change experience potential effect web technologies brain unknown topic internet effect reading skills director remarked question internet changed brain way beneficial individual believed effect internet detrimental weakening ability concentrate olds cited potential benefits computer software specifically targets learning disabilities stating belief based software beneficial improving receptive language disorders olds mentioned formed companies peers based computer programs developed improve functioning kids adults elderly peers started company called research develop computer training program called offered seven brain exercises improved language learning disabilities children feedback fast showed brain exercises benefits children unexpected effect attempted harness developing modification specifically designed subsequent company started called science fast like brain exercises techniques developed aim brains elderly people retaining brains space odyssey science fiction film astronaut slowly mind artificial intelligence named memory banks likened emotions despair expressed mind time difficulties engaging long texts felt brain memory metaphor ultimate search engine pbs interview google founder noted book big switch talk comparing google ambitions building artificial intelligence dismissing possibility bug like led murder occupants fictional spacecraft discovery occur google based artificial intelligence observed essay history technological advances necessitated new metaphors mechanical clock like age computer like computers concluded essay explanation believed appropriate metaphor essay argument observed showed genuine emotion mind film humans onboard space station appeared thinking acting following steps believed film message individuals increasingly rely computers understanding world intelligence human developing view internet use affects publication essay developing view media studies surfaced relevant determining impact regular internet usage challenges argument frequently outspoken detractors electronic media appealed precise definition faults perceived electronic media beliefs scientifically verified firmly believed skepticism internet benefits cautioned essay book big switch long term psychological studies required definitively develops influence internet scholars conducted study titled information behaviour researcher future results suggested students research habits tended scanning depth reading study provoked reflection implications educational instruction october new insights effect internet usage results reported press release study conducted ucla tested groups people ages years old group experienced web users read books performed assigned search tasks brain activity monitored functional revealed reading web search utilize language reading memory visual regions brain discovered searching web stimulated additional decision making complex reasoning regions brain fold increase regions experienced web users compared inexperienced web users director ucla center lead investigator ucla study concurrently released book surviving technological alteration modern mind authored press release set critics ucla study dismiss argument raised essay set took closer look conclusions drawn study concerning effects internet usage reflections concerning possible interpretations ucla study greater breadth brain activity internet comparison reading book improved impaired quality reading session decision making complex reasoning skills apparently involved internet search according study suggest high quality thought simply use puzzle solving skills observed study findings impact regular internet usage inconclusive stated time clear old ways celebrate new learn stop worrying love net
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