This article seems to think so.  I think that they are just taking the blame for things that used that were less technological. People don’t change, they just use different methods to relax or have fun.  He claims we are not thinking, we are processing.  That is an interesting claim.

Computers process but they don’t understand.  People think and understand right?  I would claim that unless you consider your assumptions, you are just processing no matter how much you think are thinking.  I have learned in my life that old saying “An unexamined life is not worth living” is true.  Its my feeling that the Internet is a way of helping us become more conscious about ourselves and try new methods and models of how to live.  It can open up new ways of thinking and information, and studies show that people do seek information that doesn’t fit their perceptions.  It might be slow, but life does evolve.

Life is the most rich when you are open-minded and look at things from every point of view that you can think of.  Just something to think about.