Google is rewiring our brains. Internet search is the memex that Vannevar Bush foretold.

Just found this illustration massively striking.

Posted 8 months ago

5 comments

Mar 08, 2009
Thats ME said...
shocking- I thought google made everyone dumb. Now I have a reason.
Mar 08, 2009
Striking for sure. But "massively"?
Mar 09, 2009
thepete said...
Great, I can hear their new slogan now: "Using Google makes you smarter!"

But I suppose there's a difference between being smarter and simply having your brain more active. Perhaps the only definite thing these images tell us is that using Google is better for your brain than watching TV.

Mar 09, 2009
Kare Anderson said...
Bet Dr. Norman Doidge would enjoy seeing this. he wrote How the Brain Changes Itself
http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/11/20/be-more-valuable-by-increasing-your-mental-ambidexterity/
Mar 09, 2009
steve joh said...
this might be giving google a little too much credit. ;)

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