Tools That Change the Way We Think

"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)



I think that technology is making it so we do not have to put much effort into things; it is making it easier for us.  The information the internet gives out, makes me want to know about a certain thing.  I also tend to remember more things because when I try to remember what I read I can think "Oh, that was before this happened."  Then I can concentrate better.  When I am learning at school, I do remember things, but I just want to learn the information, take the test, get a good grade, then I can forget about it.  Sometimes I do forget about the information, sometimes it does stay with me.  The ones that I do not care for, are the ones I usually forget.