Blog that starts off at one idea and just strays and strays... (That's kinda what I talk about, I think...)

Is Google making us stupid? I don't know if that's what I'd say, but it (or more precisely, the internet) is definitely doing something. It is changing us, changing the way we think, the way we are. The level on which we exist consciously as been altered, our ability to focus as nearly disappeared. As I read this article, I was astonished by how many ways it seemed to connect to my self. The main thing is the way the internet is structured, or...I don't know if that's the word I'm looking for, but anyway... I mean, the internet's... image, the way this image has absorbed all other media, making everything imitate it. "It injects the medium’s content with hyperlinks, blinking ads, and other digital gewgaws, and it surrounds the content with the content of all the other media it has absorbed... The result is to scatter our attention and diffuse our concentration." The internet is so full of information, it lessens the amount of actual thinking or contemplation going on. Just as people skip from link to link, not focusing long on any one website, we now think in the same ways as that; our ability to be distracted is incredible. In fact, as I was reading this article (and I have no idea how I managed to finish it), I was extremely distacted by the use of the word "gewgaws." Don't ask me why; I just was. I guess it's just a weird word. But anyways, that is just one example of the lack of ability to concentrate. Our desire (and yes, it seems to be somewhat of a compulsion, a force) for distraction has infiltrated our brains. As you know, procrastination is a huge problem among students, many either do not finish their homework, or they finish just in time the morning it's due. And altough it may be said that they don't have time, it's not true. So much time is wasted, all the time, due to a lack of focus. Everything is postponed, always. For example, I woke up this morning, "intending" to do my homework. So what do I do? I waste hours doing basically nothing, waiting until I have the least amount of time and the most amount of pressure with which to do my homework. Of course, this occurs all the time, and with most obligations, or with almost anything at all. Even when working or otherwise focusing on something, our attention will turn to something else soon enough. I think the best example of the never-ending maze that is the internet, a maze which our brains will soon be modeled after, is Wikipedia. This monstrous website is the labyrinth that can occupy you forever, should you ever foolishly decide to click on one of the links. Oh yes, there, time looses all meaning, and you soon forget what brought you there... If we allow ourselves to become so consumed by the ways of the internet, then nothing will ever get accomplished again. Oh dear. You don't even know how many times I was distracted just writing this blog. The internet will take over (is taking over) our minds. Beware...It has begun...