Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Perhaps the reason I can hardly stand Proust's longish prose: I no longer read the way I used to. Is Google making us stupid? A popular article by this title appeared in a 2008 issue of Atlantic Monthly. And if anything the topic has only become more relevant in the 18 months since it appeared. Follow the link and check it out. And see if you can stick around to read more than three paragraphs...