The words are almost absurdly provocative: “Is Google Making Us Stoopid?” reads the title Atlantic Monthly has used to draw attention — successfully — to Nicholas Carr’s new article. Yes, you suppose, it may be, especially after you read a headline like that on a piece that’s a lot more subtle and thought-provoking. However, if you’ve ever had the feeling Carr writes about, you know that — by whatever title — he is onto something. Like transformative information technologies before it, the Internet just might be rewiring us.
