Both your and aaronb50′s counterpoints seem reasonable. I think it’s obvious that google makes us more knoweledgeable overall. But I also have a general tendency to believe that the first generation to adopt a new technology are the most prone to fall into all sorts of excesses and traps, before the next generation manages to learn from their parent’s failures. So my go-to with a new technology is “a cautious emthusiasm”. As you suggest in your 3 examples, I think there can be something as “too reliant on google”.
Both your and aaronb50′s counterpoints seem reasonable. I think it’s obvious that google makes us more knoweledgeable overall. But I also have a general tendency to believe that the first generation to adopt a new technology are the most prone to fall into all sorts of excesses and traps, before the next generation manages to learn from their parent’s failures. So my go-to with a new technology is “a cautious emthusiasm”. As you suggest in your 3 examples, I think there can be something as “too reliant on google”.