Comments on: Google isn’t making us dumb, but ’smart’ is changing http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/06/17/google-isnt-making-us-dumb-but-smart-is-changing/ Education, Interactivity, Play and Emerging Cultural Forms from Andy Polaine. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:24:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Andy Polaine http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/06/17/google-isnt-making-us-dumb-but-smart-is-changing/#comment-5852 Andy Polaine Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:37:57 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=793#comment-5852 <p>You mean they're not robots? Seriously, though, that does read badly, I agree. It should really read "think like a database", but that sounded weird.</p> You mean they’re not robots? Seriously, though, that does read badly, I agree. It should really read “think like a database”, but that sounded weird.

]]> By: tim http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/06/17/google-isnt-making-us-dumb-but-smart-is-changing/#comment-5850 tim Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:46:24 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=793#comment-5850 <p>am i dumber because of your post? surely not and thanks for encouraging me to delicious even more (even though i do go back from time to time when i try to refer to something i saw on the web ages ago). the only slightly drastic passage i found to be "force researchers to think like a database programmer, not like a person." i am sure even they are people too.</p> am i dumber because of your post? surely not and thanks for encouraging me to delicious even more (even though i do go back from time to time when i try to refer to something i saw on the web ages ago). the only slightly drastic passage i found to be “force researchers to think like a database programmer, not like a person.”
i am sure even they are people too.

]]> By: Andy Polaine http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/06/17/google-isnt-making-us-dumb-but-smart-is-changing/#comment-5839 Andy Polaine Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:46:33 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=793#comment-5839 <p>Ha ha - I wondered if it might seem too long to stomach on the blogoweb or the old rss-o-feed. Interesting to see who bothers and who doesn't. I also spent an inordinate amount of time trying to make the first two paragraphs enticing enough for you skimmers to read further. Every blog post faces a first-page-of-a-book test. I suspect mine mostly fail.</p> Ha ha - I wondered if it might seem too long to stomach on the blogoweb or the old rss-o-feed. Interesting to see who bothers and who doesn’t. I also spent an inordinate amount of time trying to make the first two paragraphs enticing enough for you skimmers to read further. Every blog post faces a first-page-of-a-book test. I suspect mine mostly fail.

]]> By: Matt D http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/06/17/google-isnt-making-us-dumb-but-smart-is-changing/#comment-5838 Matt D Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:09:00 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=793#comment-5838 <p>Ironically, I nearly skipped over this in my rss feeds because it seemed long and its late. Glad I didn't, top read.</p> Ironically, I nearly skipped over this in my rss feeds because it seemed long and its late. Glad I didn’t, top read.

]]> By: Asi http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/06/17/google-isnt-making-us-dumb-but-smart-is-changing/#comment-5836 Asi Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:31:13 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=793#comment-5836 <p>Top post my friend! absolutely fantastic. thanks for taking this further. it's a fascinating subject and my thoughts are too long and unstructured to properly comment now but will gather my thoughts and continue this joyful blogversation</p> <p>best</p> <p>A.</p> Top post my friend! absolutely fantastic. thanks for taking this further. it’s a fascinating subject and my thoughts are too long and unstructured to properly comment now but will gather my thoughts and continue this joyful blogversation

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