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October 15, 2012

The Internet Isn't Making You Stupid

Greg Stevens, The Kernel


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Does relying on Google all the time make your memory worse? No, and possibly the opposite. Greg Stevens exposes woolly thinking about what technology is doing to our relationships and our brains.

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