The Internet can make you smarter, experts say | Digital Media - CNET News

The Internet can make you smarter, experts say | Digital Media - CNET News: "'Google will make us stupid and intelligent at the same time,' wrote Dutch Futurist Marcel Bullinga. 'In the future, we will live in a transparent 3D mobile media cloud that surrounds us everywhere. In this cloud, we will use intelligent machines, to whom we delegate both simple and complex tasks. Therefore, we will lose the skills we needed in the old days...But we will gain the skill to make better choices...All in all, I think the gains outweigh the losses.'"