Google has created an impatient world where nothing else seems to be fast enough and we have lost the capacity for patience and perseverance.
2.) The first comment that I disagree with is where he comments that before the Net he was a scuba diver and now he's skimming the surface on a jet ski. If we can think back when the internet was invented we were all scuba divers taking our time exploring the vast diversity of the internet which was something to be valued and now has been lost. Jet skis are loud and annoying.
The second comment that I disagree with is that the internet is used for everything is our life: Our TV, information, news, phone, etc... I don't agree with this. While I do feel that the internet is one of the most abused inventions given to society there are plenty of other tools that affect our lifestyle in a potentially negative and demeaning way. I personally think that the cell phone is the worst thing that could've been invented because it isolates people. I don't use my phone through the internet though because I think that the idea of a separate cell phone is conventional enough.
The first comment I agree with is the one Bruce Friedman makes in regards to the fact that he has lost his ability to read longer more in depth articles. I fully agree with this comment. With the speed and compacted summaries everywhere online our minds have slowly undeveloped the ability to patiently fully understand and tolerate the lengthier more informational resources.
Maryanne Wolf also makes a very interesting comment that I agree with that says "when we read online we become decoders of information. I fully agree with this. Sure with the evolution of text messaging and online chatting we are reading a lot but not real in depth literature. It is a constant stream of short and for the most part simple concise comments that bear no true meaning or need any sort of thought to process. Are minds are drones.
Great thesis statement. Love your comment about loud/annoying jet skis! You have an uncommon view of cell phones, more along the lines of the necessary evil than important, convenient new technology. Your last two observations of the ways in which google and other new communications technologies are changing the way the brain works begs the question, so what? Is it necessarily all bad? Are we just evolving? Or are we in serious trouble?! (I lean toward the later but hope towards the first!!)
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