"How Stupid is Google Making Us?" by Badke

William Badke, in his informative article “How Stupid is Google Making Us?” explains that technology causes our generation to be negligent to information around us. He shows this by stating that since there is no challenge to find information on the internet, we choose what is easily accessible (Badke 222). The author emphasizes the impact of technology in order to make readers realize the role that technology plays in their lives. The intended audience for this article is people who overuse search engines instead of looking up information in books. 

After reading this article, I am in agreement with the author. I believe that information is too easily accessible and causes us to be lazy and incompetent instead of working for information. I also agree that their devices, instead of what is truly important in their lives, often control people.

        William Badke’s argument is strengthened by the examples found within his article. He bases his argument on the research discovered in the iBrain study that measured brain function during sessions on the Internet. From the study, Badke found that by using the Internet, we have no need to store information in our long-term memory; most information is temporary (Scientific American Mind, October/November 2008, www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=your=ibrain; excerpted from iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind, William Morrow, 2008). He proposes that students should be presented with research as a problem-solving task, work slowly and soak in all of the information presented to them, and read physical books when they have the opportunity (Badke 227).


          Badke, William. "How Stupid Is Google Making Us." Connections. Ed. Mary R. Lamb. N.p.: n.p., 2013. N. pag. Print.
Scientific American Mind, October/November 2008, www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=your=ibrain; excerpted from iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind, William Morrow, 2008.