“In Google’s view, information is a kind of commodity, a utilitarian resource that can be mined and processed with industrial efficiency. The more pieces of information we can ‘access’ and the faster we can extract their gist, the more productive we become as thinkers.” This statement is from Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, delineating how we are being manipulated unconsciously by modern technologies, particularly the emerging Internet technology. The article is highly recommended to heavy Internet users!

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