Response to "Get Smarter"

The internet is making us smarter, plain and simple. While some might argue that we can no longer focus on a certain article online anymore, I say it's because the internet has gotten us into a mindset where we can quickly determine whether or not information is worth our time. Yes, we may skip around from thing to thing but it's because we subconsciously prioritize our information. We have "evolved" to the point where we can process, categorize, and prioritize our information so quickly that it's almost second nature to us. In a single day we encounter as much information as somebody from the medieval ages would encounter in their entire life, so we have to evolve, we have to learn to prioritize our information other wise our minds would soon spill over from millions of useless facts. So yes it's true that we can't stay on one thing for too long, but it's not because we can't focus. It's really just that we don't care.