The science and technology think tank known as the Edge Foundation has released its annual question for 2010: “How is the Internet changing the way you think?” For at least five years the group has submitted a fairly heady query to all its members, an elite lot that includes intellectuals representing fields ranging from evolutionary biology and mathematics to art and media studies.
There’s already been plenty of debate on this topic, much of which kicked off in the summer of 2008 with Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Atlantic cover story. And the range of thoughts on the matter you’ll find at Edge are about as varied as one would expect. (Scroll down and you’ll find them in a column on the left.)
I haven’t had a chance yet to peruse all the entries, but from what I have seen, I recommend Clay Shirky’s “The Shock of Inclusion,” Douglas Rushkoff’s “The Internet Makes Me Think In Present Tense” and Steven Pinker’s “Not At All.”
So… how is the internet changing the way you think?
