Happy Hour Vid: Let's Embrace That the Internet Makes You Dumb

Benjamin F. Carlson 53 Views Jan 14, 2010
A year and a half later, the Atlantic can boast that people are still debating whether Google makes us stupid. This latest installment, the debut video of a Canadian team called Search Engine, admits that Cassandras who bemoan Web-addicts' lack of attention spans are right. But does it really matter? "Real intelligence is about thinking," as host Jesse Brown says, "not memorizing."


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