Comments on: “Google and the End of Wisdom” Published at PopMatters http://pr-bridge.com/2009/07/10/google-and-the-end-of-wisdom-published-at-popmatters/ Connecting public relations academics and professionals. Managed by Bob Batchelor Fri, 18 May 2012 18:43:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Bob Batchelor http://pr-bridge.com/2009/07/10/google-and-the-end-of-wisdom-published-at-popmatters/#comment-7822 Bob Batchelor Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://pr-bridge.com/2009/07/10/google-and-the-end-of-wisdom-published-at-popmatters/#comment-7822 Hi Kayla, thanks for the kind words and fantastic insight. I wish I would have thought of the "Magic 8-ball" analogy myself. I would have used it in the article. I appreciate you describing the way you use Google. The main reason I started this blog was to hear from professionals to find out if the ideas I'm putting forth in the classroom are on the mark or off target. I know that you are a deep thinker, which proves the Google seduction is a strong one. Thanks for stopping by. Sincerely, Bob Hi Kayla, thanks for the kind words and fantastic insight. I wish I would have thought of the “Magic 8-ball” analogy myself. I would have used it in the article.

I appreciate you describing the way you use Google. The main reason I started this blog was to hear from professionals to find out if the ideas I’m putting forth in the classroom are on the mark or off target. I know that you are a deep thinker, which proves the Google seduction is a strong one.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sincerely,
Bob

]]> By: Kayla L. Munro http://pr-bridge.com/2009/07/10/google-and-the-end-of-wisdom-published-at-popmatters/#comment-7819 Kayla L. Munro Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:25:05 +0000 http://pr-bridge.com/2009/07/10/google-and-the-end-of-wisdom-published-at-popmatters/#comment-7819 Prof. Batchelor, Your article presents an interesting examination of the role Google plays in our everyday lives; especially, for those currently in the classroom. Google seems to be taking the place of our brains in the form of a calculator, only this time the difference is that the teacher can’t take it away from its students. I will admit that at times I catch myself thinking about googling anything from how high a budget should to be to generate success in a company’s social media division (1,740,000 hits), to even basic things such as where I should travel next year (522,000,000 hits) or what messages should be written in a sympathy card for a co-worker (150,000 hits). This is, as you put it, “outsourcing my thinking,” and is a common thread of those of us who are members of the millennial generation. We have convinced ourselves that Google is some kind of Magic 8-ball that predicts future outcomes and can provide us with a degree of certainty like no other. I catch myself in these predicaments quite often, and have to deter myself away from the dependency/instant gratification mode that Google has instilled in so many of us today. Prof. Batchelor,

Your article presents an interesting examination of the role Google plays in our everyday lives; especially, for those currently in the classroom. Google seems to be taking the place of our brains in the form of a calculator, only this time the difference is that the teacher can’t take it away from its students.

I will admit that at times I catch myself thinking about googling anything from how high a budget should to be to generate success in a company’s social media division (1,740,000 hits), to even basic things such as where I should travel next year (522,000,000 hits) or what messages should be written in a sympathy card for a co-worker (150,000 hits).

This is, as you put it, “outsourcing my thinking,” and is a common thread of those of us who are members of the millennial generation. We have convinced ourselves that Google is some kind of Magic 8-ball that predicts future outcomes and can provide us with a degree of certainty like no other.

I catch myself in these predicaments quite often, and have to deter myself away from the dependency/instant gratification mode that Google has instilled in so many of us today.

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