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Google, and be stupid

 
By David Zizzo | Published: December 4, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment
photo - Google signs shown inside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
Google signs shown inside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma

Lately, I feel as if I lack "ordinary quickness and keenness of mind.” Could it be a head cold? Lead paint? "Deal or No Deal”?

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I know. I’ll Google it. OK, there it is. I’m stupid.

Wonder what’s making me stupid. I’ll Google it. OK, there it is. Google is making me stupid.

Apparently, my brain is being replaced by a series of tubes. Instead of thinking, I just Google. And there it is. According to a smart guy who wrote a long article in the Atlantic magazine that I didn’t finish because it was too long, we’re all getting stupid because we don’t read long things anymore. We just Google and skim along the surface of information like surfer dudes and lose the ability to focus and think deeply, and did you see that video of the cat on the Roomba? Pretty stupid, huh. Gotta love YouTube.

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