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Is the internet really making us dumb.. ??

Nicholar Carr says yes

Steven Pinker says no

Two things that sprang to my mind of reading these of what internet can do in a bad way ....

- Polarization of thoughts
The fact that information is more pull based rather than push based we might run the risk of having to circle ourselves with only the information we like to see and thus not respect or appreciate the diversity that an issue could have from a very unrelated source.

- TIME SINK!!!
This is the mother of all. How many times have you felt that if you just spend time doing something more productive... and darn not have wasted all the time "just browsing" ......
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