This is an interesting “off-security” topic, but one that makes us think – are we becoming stupid with Google? Actually, it’s search engines in general. While they make it easier for us to find information–we spend more time skimming, browsing, and not really concentrating on deep reading. It seems our connection to the material, our analysis and our informed opinions might be based on a cursory review of material we find.
Can you see the relevance that it might play a part in, (e.g.) a security policy, combating cyber-terrorism, risk analysis or rushing to implement policy on something we read on a Web site?
Isn’t the Internet supposed to help?
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This learner disagrees that Goggle’s search engine makes us stupid. I goggled stupid and according to Webster stupid is the slowing of the mind. Also found Wikipedia’s definition: is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense. The urban dictionary defines stupid as someone who has to look up “stupid” in the dictionary because they don’t know what it means. Also found some stupid videos that were fun the watch.
If anything Google’s search engine capability provides a greater perspective on how others think about the same topic. That doesn’t make us stupid; it makes us well rounded in the arena of knowledge.