Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Google has taken an initiative to optimize the efficiency of its search engine to increase human progress. Technologies throughout the United States aim to perfect their programs and software just like this vast company. Our society praises this goal, yet we can't seem to see what we have lost in our tracks. "Is Google Making Us Stupid" takes a new look at our brilliant technology that is changing us forever.

 Taylorism. A simple idea with dire consequences. This procedure began in 1911 when a certain Taylor defined each step in an operation and delegated independent jobs for each sequence. This was the beginning of major increases in efficiency. From that point on, mechanical productivity has morphed into the area of intellectual efficiency. Search engines on the web look to "understand exactly what you mean and gives you back exactly what you want". Ideally, the search engine of the future would be one "as smart as people--or smarter". But are we losing something by wanting to optimize these intellectual aids? Will humans ultimately lose more than they will be gaining in Google's new initiative. This article strongly implies that.

In the past, technology has compromised aspects of humanity. Before Taylorism, humans were what mattered. The men that worked for these companies took their days perfecting their products. With the new system, men where as much part of the machine as the bolts and screws. "In the past the man has been first...in the future the system must be first." This seems like a very cold thing to say. But the truth. Today, especially in the United States, companies will do anything to enhance their factories to increase profits. Dehumanization of men has been an unexpected outcome.

Do we realize the dangers of shallow reading? With quick skimming, distracted clicking, and constant searching, internet goers are at the risk of manipulation. Search engines can guide you and pull you into ads and opinions you never wanted to hear or see. With so many people mindlessly clicking on their screens, the future of our society might be at risk.

We might have lost our sense of natural time from the invention of the clock, we might have lost our sense of humanity with the invention of the assembly line, but I hope we won't lose sense of our free will. With possible chips being implanted in humans minds, our efficiency will be at the top of its shape. But what will we ultimately lose in this gain?