"Get Smarter"

Response to “Get Smarter”

The article “Get Smarter” is very clearly stating the opposite side of the argument that “Is Google Making us Stupid” does. “Get Smarter” states that the mind has had to adapt and change to the world and the advances the world has made from the beginning of time. The article discusses the idea of fluid intelligence and that the mind has the ability to find sense out of confusion. Basically, even though the mind is overwhelmed with all the knowledge and what not that technology presents, it has the ability to sift through the information and retain what is important. The article states that advances in technology are inevitable and the mind either has to adapt and change to the world or be left behind. This idea is also stated when the use of brain enhancing drugs is discussed. It is true that in college most people use medicine that will allow them to focus and be “all in” their studies with full energy. It is discussed that it would be impossible to make a superhuman mind because the technology would always be advancing and it would never be possible to have the most up to date version. While in the article “Is Google Making us Stupid” we are told that the large amount of information that our brain is now able to get ahold of is actually causing us to go back in our intelligence and not advancing. The difference is the two articles is that the first states that we are progressing too much and are taking on more than we can handle, while the latter states that this change is coming whether we are ready or not.