Comments on: Don’t Let Google Make You Stupid

By: antoniobrandao

antoniobrandao — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:28:33 +0000

sorry only after posting I realized this is a religious blog… my sincere apologies.

By: antoniobrandao

antoniobrandao — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:25:28 +0000

it would have been great if you didn’t include religion in this post. apart of that nice post

By: spufidoo

spufidoo — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:06:16 +0000

Yes.

By: Stephen Altrogge

Stephen Altrogge — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:47:36 +0000

Jeri – that’s hilarious. That was a total accident. I rest my case…

By: Jeri Tanner

Jeri Tanner — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:45:22 +0000

Stephen,

I just noticed that your title reads “Don’t Let Make Google Make You Stupid.” Was this a clever insertion on your part to prove your point, or an accidental omission on your part that serves to prove your point? Either way… it proves your point!

By: Cory

Cory — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:28:31 +0000

I’ve found that my time in college has led to more of a skimming than truly reading. I found myself reading to get the information that I would need to write an essay or take a test, and so I didn’t really take in everything I read.

Unfortunately, I find myself doing that sometimes when I’m reading the word, particularly if I’m just trying to get in a few minutes at a time. It’s like if I don’t ready myself and enter into His presence as I’m reading, I enter into collegiate reading mode and just look to find the jist of everything. It’s something I’m definitely trying to improve so that I don’t just ‘get the jist’ of God’s word, but really seek to absorb it.

By: Stephen Altrogge

Stephen Altrogge — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:25:50 +0000

Jeri – I think you’re right. I think this may affect my generation more than previous ones. I’ll definitely have to do some thinking on how to fight Google. Watch for a future post.

Jon – I agree. Blogs and the net seem to function best in a secondary way.

Marshall – I think you’re right that we’re on information overload, but I think that’s why we need deeper reading. We need to take in less info, read deeper, and apply what we read.

Jason – I appreciate how you read differently for different mediums. That takes real effort for me.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:01:01 +0000

The way I read has definitely been affected by google/the internet, but some of it may actually be good.

In the past I think I was more caught up in trying to catch every word, and was terrible at speed-reading, even when I wanted to. The information overload on the internet has helped me to focus on getting the gist when I need to.

Now I just read differently depending on the medium. I jump around and skim all the time on the internet, but love taking time to sit and read good books.

Still, it’s definitely a danger.

I don’t do text messaging at all, though, partly b/c i dont want 2 start this style
(Save the English language!)

By: `Marshall | bondChristian

`Marshall | bondChristian — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:20:54 +0000

I like the way my reading has changed… so far. Down the road, I’m sure it’s a possible for me to lose the ability to focus.

For now, I think Internet reading has forced me to take in meaning rather than words. When I come away from a passage of Scripture, what do I remember from it? Do I remember the details or the entire message the God is trying to present?

I’m not saying details aren’t important.

Say you read every word of a book a year ago. How much do you remember? How much do you actually put into practice?

What if you had instead skimmed the book, getting 80% value for only 20% of the time, and had instead lived those few principles?

We’re on information overload as it is. We don’t need any deeper reading… we need to start applying what we’ve already read.

I hope a few years from now, I was right. :>)

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:01:52 +0000

I use blogs and internet to “supplement” the reading of “real” books. As long as it is secondary, I think we are fine. It bothers me that so many Christians read magazines these days rather than books.