In the information age, misuse of computers hurts the intelligence of the general population by reducing their attention spans. Many people in first-world countries cannot resist peeking at their smartphones during important tasks, but like any new technology, these problems eventually fade away. For example, new weapons introduced in World War I led to trench warfare, but later, war experts found new strategies that prevent these stalemates. Although Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” argues that Google reduces the attention span of the general population, Google does not deserve the blame. New technologies have distracted people who lack discipline for centuries. Radio and television attracted the attention
