Is Google Making us Stupid?

“Most of the proprietors of the commercial Internet have a financial stake in collecting

the crumbs of data we leave behind as we flit from link to link—the more crumbs,

the better. The last thing these companies want is to encourage leisurely reading

or slow, concentrated thought. It’s in their economic interest to drive us to distraction.”

--- Nicholas Carr: Is Google Making Us Stupid? Atlantic July/August 2008:56-63