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I wish to disagree on some of the views put forth by the author. I've certainly learnt a lot just using the internet ( ex. learning a new programming language.)

I wish to disagree on some of the views put forth by the author. I've certainly learnt a lot just using the internet ( ex. learning a new programming language.) I even bought a couple of books which were helpful to me, but not as useful as the web. There needs to be focus no matter whether you read a read or you browse. Clicking != stupidity as long as you know what you want.

dgallagher 17y ago
You make a good point. If you wisely use your time on any medium (Internet, Books, Newspapers, TV, Radio, Lectures, whatever), you can learn a lot of meaningful information. Kudos to you for doing it! :) If you don't use your time efficiently, however, you can end up in an endless purgatory zone of just, say, "clicking around the internet". I think it comes down to the individual, if you're able to "focus" effectively on the task at hand or not. I read a blog posting a while back that argued that focus is a competitive advantage in today's world as so few seem to do it well (must check my email every 5 minutes, gah!!! ;). Switching focus rapidly throws your mind out of the zone and arguably makes you less productive (there have been some pop-science study's of late that have backed this up).