Is the internet making us stupid?
Since we came out of the caves, every new technology has been greeted with alarm and disdain.
When we invented fire, people moaned that we’d forget the art of making salads. When we invented the wheel, people moaned that we’d forget how to walk. And when we invented the internet, people moaned that we’d forget how to think.
The difference is, the internet moaners might be right. The 2008 report Information Behavior of the Researcher of the Future, commissioned by the British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee, found clear evidence of the negative effects of internet use.