Internet and Attention Spans

I read a lot. In fact, in any given day I would say I spend a great deal reading, which is probably why my work days are so long. And its not just reading I do a lot of active reading, I markup text, write notes, etc.

I’ve been told that I should skim in order to condense my work day, but the reason why I read and not skim is that when someone asks me what do I think about the sudden drops of service in several major cloud offerings and what it means for the future of cloud hosting, I can offer a well thought reply.

Last summer in the Atlantic, Nicholas Carr wrote an article called “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” It is quite an interesting read. Essentially it comes down to what we read also affects how we read it.

He talked about how the constant scanning of articles and when he is drawing a blank on something instead of trying to remember it, he simply Googles it allowing his memory “muscles” to atrophy.

In an interview, Sergey Brin said, “if you had all the world’s information directly attached to your brain, or an artificial brain that was smarter than your brain, you’d be better off.” Which is why Brin and Page along with the rest of Google is working on creating AI.

My question is this, as I bounce from subject to subject (something I have always done anyway) with my new artificial brain, will I get stopped by Adwords?