This article was very interesting to read. I agree and I disagree with that statement that Google is making us “stupid”. I agree in the aspect that we rely on the internet way more than we used to. Anything that you need to know or want to find out is right on the internet. I disagree in the aspect that I grew up on the internet. Not only myself, but a lot of the kids in my generation grew up using computers.
I can say that I think it hard to believe that all books and newspapers will be discontinued, but it is a possibility. One example would be right here at Kent State. I sat in on a presentation by one of the women that work in the library and she was saying how they are taking a lot of the books that are in the library and putting them into storage. She said that they are putting all the books online as e-books and that it is going to be more convenient to look up information on the library website.
Quite true about the library - fewer and fewer people are checking out hard copies of books.
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