Monday, August 23, 2010

Does the internet make experts dumb?

Most people think that the Internet makes us smarter (65 % vs. 34 percent of Wall Stret Journals readers), but Andrew Keen seems to disagree in his book "The Cult of the Amateur". Now JP Rangaswami make a wonderful analysis which he states that the internet just makes experts looks dumber :-)

http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/online-services-398/topics/internet-making-us-smarter-dumber

http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Amateur-Internet-Killing-Culture/dp/0385520808

http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2010/08/22/does-the-web-make-experts-dumb/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ConfusedOfCalcutta+%28Confused+of+Calcutta%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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