"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
My Thoughts:
Even though the internet/media/ technology has widen the barrier for how much information you can acquire. I think it has made actually think less. Because now, when we are faced with a problem, we don't use any problem solving techniques, we just type the question in Google and expect to find the answer in seconds. I think it has slowly made me think less and more impatient when concentrating on a subject. When I was younger and faced with a problem, I had to actually ask around and use many resources to find answers, which me patient and helped me focus. But now, in a matter of minutes I can find anything in world. So yes, technology has made everything for me to find. But it also took away all my thinking skills.
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