Humans and machines

I read this very interesting article about how we're getting more and more automated in our way of thinking, more and more like computers, and less and less able to read and ponder complex pieces of writing because of the changes in the way we read, mostly due to the Internet.

Read it, even if it's long, it's very interesting:

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

And the last paragraph of the article also gave me a new hint to better understand that supposed masterpiece that is "2001: A Space Odyssey," by Stanley Kubrick, a movie I liked even though I never fully got:

HAL’s outpouring of feeling contrasts with the emotionlessness that characterizes the human figures in the film, who go about their business with an almost robotic efficiency. Their thoughts and actions feel scripted, as if they’re following the steps of an algorithm. In the world of 2001, people have become so machinelike that the most human character turns out to be a machine. That’s the essence of Kubrick’s dark prophecy: as we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence.