Comments on: Life without Google http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/ My rants, ramblings, and random thoughts Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:13:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tom http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/comment-page-1/#comment-688 tom Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:34:01 +0000 http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/#comment-688 "Does this make us stupider? " - apparently you still need a dictionary on your desk! <br /> <br /> What I see has nothing to do with memorization of trivia, and more to do with attention span and the ability to think deeply. I increasingly see young people not being able or at least being unwilling to spend an hour thinking through something complicated, ie "if the answer is not on Google then it is not worth knowing." <br /> <br /> Present company excepted. "Does this make us stupider? " – apparently you still need a dictionary on your desk!

What I see has nothing to do with memorization of trivia, and more to do with attention span and the ability to think deeply. I increasingly see young people not being able or at least being unwilling to spend an hour thinking through something complicated, ie "if the answer is not on Google then it is not worth knowing."

Present company excepted.

]]> By: jon http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/comment-page-1/#comment-689 jon Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:34:01 +0000 http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/#comment-689 Probably missing the obvious here, but I'm not sure I follow the reference. <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stupider ">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stupider </a> I think the point of attention is a good discussion; but removing the question of what the cause of the shorter attention span is, it almost makes the searchable web all the more important. It's the only way someone with a short attention span is going to find the answers they're looking for. Probably missing the obvious here, but I'm not sure I follow the reference.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stupider

I think the point of attention is a good discussion; but removing the question of what the cause of the shorter attention span is, it almost makes the searchable web all the more important. It's the only way someone with a short attention span is going to find the answers they're looking for.

]]> By: ktbug8596 http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/comment-page-1/#comment-690 ktbug8596 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:34:01 +0000 http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/#comment-690 I suppose too, that we, our generation that is, are more likely to look up new, "huh," kind of information since we can find it so quickly. Why would we waste valuable time searching through countless reference books or encyclopedias to find one quick fact. Google opens the door for us to find the answers quickly, retain the information if it is of value, and look further into it if it is of true interest. Thus, this allows us to think deeply about things we are really interested in, no matter the length of the attention span. I suppose too, that we, our generation that is, are more likely to look up new, "huh," kind of information since we can find it so quickly. Why would we waste valuable time searching through countless reference books or encyclopedias to find one quick fact. Google opens the door for us to find the answers quickly, retain the information if it is of value, and look further into it if it is of true interest. Thus, this allows us to think deeply about things we are really interested in, no matter the length of the attention span.

]]> By: dino http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/comment-page-1/#comment-691 dino Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:34:01 +0000 http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/#comment-691 I can't imagine a life without Google I can't imagine a life without Google

]]> By: coffeeguy http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/comment-page-1/#comment-687 coffeeguy Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:46:25 +0000 http://jonefox.com/blog/2008/06/25/life-without-google/#comment-687 I have actually been hearing this argument come up more and more in discussions about the today's "google" generation. I see both sides of the argument that Google is making people lazier, but I see the other side that with out Google people may not have the vast knowledge they have. I would have to side the latter. Yes, Google can be a tool of laziness, but more so than not I believe it is a tool of knowledge expansion. The ability to find things in .0018 seconds is priceless. Google has done more than create a search engine, it has created the expansion of resources to depths we have never seen before. I have actually been hearing this argument come up more and more in discussions about the today's "google" generation. I see both sides of the argument that Google is making people lazier, but I see the other side that with out Google people may not have the vast knowledge they have. I would have to side the latter. Yes, Google can be a tool of laziness, but more so than not I believe it is a tool of knowledge expansion. The ability to find things in .0018 seconds is priceless. Google has done more than create a search engine, it has created the expansion of resources to depths we have never seen before.

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