" "Back in 2004, I asked [Google founders] Page and Brin what they saw as the future of Google search. 'It will be included in people's brains,' said Page. 'When you think about something and don't really know much about it, you will automatically get information.'
'That's true,' said Brin. 'Ultimately I view Google as a way to augment your brain with the knowledge of the world. Right now you go into your computer and type a phrase, but you can imagine that it could be easier in the future, that you can have just devices you talk into, or you can have computers that pay attention to what's going on around them and suggest useful information.'
'Somebody introduces themselves to you, and your watch goes to your web page,' said Page. 'Or if you met this person two years ago, this is what they said to you... Eventually you'll have the implant, where if you think about a fact, it will just tell you the answer."
-From In the Plex by Steven Levy (p.67)
Answer this not-so-simple question: How does use of the Internet, media, and/or technology change the way you think?
Focus on your memory, your ability to concentrate, your sense of time and priorities, and the subjects/topics that interest you most. If you find "thinking about your thinking" difficult to assess, try the following strategies: compare yourself with older people who did most of their formal learning before smart phones and 2.0 existed; compare yourself with contemporaries who don't use those tools much today; read up on what education leaders and thinkers have to say about generational differences in thinking (and remember to cite your sources). "
Technology and more specifically the Internet has influenced my life and the way I think immensely. I go on the internet at least 10 times a day! Checking emails, blogs, news, fashion, social media, something random, homework, blogs again, emails again, applications, news again, weather, etc. The Internet and technology can be positive because of the different ideas and perspectives you are open to (with avoiding filter bubbles online) through research and connections made via online communities. A negative of technology is laziness, technology makes humans put in less effort than just a few generations ago. If my grandpa had to write a report on Abraham Lincoln he would have to go to the library, check out 3-4 books, and ask a teacher for more information, if I were to write a report on President Lincoln I would just search a few biographies online and a couple of other Lincoln related sites. Using the internet requires less effort for today but it also opens so much more possibility of what one can find because of how vast the internet is and how much it has grown. Having so much knowledge at the end of your fingertips or in a thin box can be dangerous, I don't know how but, "knowledge is power."
