In a world where Google, Wikipedia and Twitter can tell you almost anything almost instantly, are we smarter or dumber than we’ve ever been?
Think about these examples:
• You’re with a group of people and the question comes up, “When is daylight savings time?” Someone whips out their iPhone and Googles the answer. They can even tell you which countries follow daylight savings and which don’t. This info takes about 60 seconds to find, and you could be anywhere, as long as there’s Internet connectivity.
• You’re in Best Buy shopping for a digital camera, and you wonder if that sale price is a bargain. With your iPhone, you snap a picture of the barcode and upload it to an app that scans a database of UPCs and tells you that camera is available at Amazon.com for $9.45 less, plus free shipping.
• It’s Thanksgiving morning, you’re in the kitchen preparing to cook, and you suddenly realize you don’t know what to do with that acorn squash you picked up at the...
