>However, I do find that the way I can so quickly browse so many publications, blogs, wikipedia, and source on the internet means that I don't retain the inform

>However, I do find that the way I can so quickly browse so many publications, blogs, wikipedia, and source on the internet means that I don't retain the information I do process as well as I did when I had to find a research paper in a university research library, read it, and take notes. Being in my 30's I agree with the sentiment; I think it is the price to be able to explore more, and more quickly. I think that the case now is that if you want to retain something, then it is a different process than the exploration stage, while before the current state of affairs both processes were less decoupled.