Pick up a copy of this month’s Atlantic Monthly magazine. The cover story on “Is Google Making us Stoopid” is a really great and thought provoking piece. This is a great magazine. I spent more than 100 minutes with it. I read it cover to cover so I know that Google isn’t making me stupid. Read the article and you will understand. 
Ted's Take
Great article. I try and read “something” offline daily, but the convenience of the web makes that difficult. Reminds me of the folks at the end of Wall-e, cruising around the space city, with monitors on their carts, talking and watching all day…..