http://blurringborders.disqus.com/enMon, 21 Jul 2008 14:37:46 -0000http://blurringborders.com/?p=157#comment-3052609I think the medium influences us, but it is far from deterministic. It has a tendency, but it is not going to happen for everyone and to the same degree. But, yes, as for the general sentiment, I agree that the medium matters.KevinMon, 21 Jul 2008 14:37:46 -0000http://blurringborders.com/?p=157#comment-3052608I disagree with you over your belief that the medium of information is irrelevant.<br><br>Everything, including medium, matters. There are going to be differences in the way our mind functions if it solely reads print newspapers versus online news versus random blog posts.<br><br>However, this difference may be for better or worse.<br><br>Unlike Carr, I don't believe these changes in information consumption habits are automatically negative. (Pessimism is never advantageous.) Instead, these changes are merely different.<br><br>It is far too soon to begin to see how reading blogs, or using Google is changing us. But, it definitely is changing us. How so, who knows?<br><br>We are a product of our time, and our time is indeed an age of blogs and Google.thecounterculturalistMon, 21 Jul 2008 09:53:42 -0000