I agree with part of the article about how the Internet and search engines like Google affect us. I think that the search engines do make us relaxed in research, and they only make us find and explore the information we put into it. Like the author of the article said, "the collection of search engines, news feeds and social tools encourages us to link to, follow and read only that which we can easily assimilate". The search engines don't make use consider views that don't agree with our own whereas doing research 10 or 15 years ago would have. I agree with the author that sometimes we do get in our own "comfort zone" on the search engine.
However, I don't believe that these search engines and Internet tools are rewiring our brains. I think that it changes the way we find information, and possibly the way that we process the information. So I guess in a way they are changing our brains, however the article gives this a negative connotation. Whereas, I think that maybe if it is truly changing our brain's functionality, then maybe it is a positive thing. You have to admit that even if we choose the information we search, we still get more sources and views quicker than with the old ways of books and journals. We are absorbing more information on topics we research. Isn't that a good thing to be more educated even if it is in our "comfort zone"?
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