Is Google Making Us Stupid?

This blog is super late. Yikes! I apologize. Is Google Making Us Stupid? No, but Yahoo is. Just kidding. It's all too far fetched. I like Kubrick's 2001 film though. That's good. It's a good book too. Realistic though? who knows. Should I even be writing this blog? People will probably read it. People should probably be reading books instead of reading what Leif Larson has to say about Nicholas Carr's essay. I like blogs though. They are fun to read. I also like books though. So I can't really agree with part of the essay. It was said that some people can't read books like they used to because of the internet. I've finally reached that age where I like to read for pleasure. I was never a huge reader. Growing up when the N 64 (best system ever) and the internet increased in popularity, one might think that it would be hard for me to dig books(can't forget all other electronic gadgets. There are too many to list). I also love going on the internet and reading articles on current events and what not. I have no struggle reading books. Does the internet really change the way a person reads? I can't believe someone is trying to make the google search engine into an artificial intelligence. A Hal-like machine. If someone is smart enough to create that, they have to be a little dumb. Who would want to create something that would out smart everyone. Who would want to create something similar to the Hal robot. That robot is scary. Chuck Klosterman says it best. " Perhaps we humans are still in command, and perhaps there really will be a conventional robot war in the not-so-distant future. If so, let's roll. I'm ready. My toaster will never be the boss of me. Get ready to make me some Pop-Tarts, btich" I think we have better things to think about. We don't need to be working on upgrading the internet or anything like that. I just threw out my windows '98 last year. The computer store said it was the best windows '98 they have ever seen. No big deal. I don't have a microwave. I don't have cable for my television. I don't have fast internet. I got my first cell phone two years ago. I have an Ipod, but I won it in a raffle. I don't really have many electronic things. I'm doing fine. I play music, read books, play badminton, and hang out with people. People should just get off the internet. That's the problem. Google isn't. Take internet language for example. g2g, lol, ic, ttyl, 2day? i don't really know it that well. ANYWAYS, It's people who talk like that. People know how to write. They just choose not to write the full word. And when you think about it, people started these ideas. People are stupid. The internet just shows how stupid people are.