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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Is the Web helping us evolve?

The truth lies somewhere between "Google is making us stupid" and "the Internet will liberate humanity."
By David Brin

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  • Tuesday, December 23, 2008 05:56 AM

    As for the effect of the internet...

    It does put time-wasting stupidity on display, but I doubt that there is any more stupidity than before. Probably there is less; it really is possible to learn a lot.

    —Mike Sulzer Read Mike Sulzer's other letters

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