Final Blog

In my literature circle experience, I read the book Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson.
I chose to compare my book to my good friend Benjy Wax's book. In The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brain, Benjy talked about how the Internet, with all it's pros and cons, is neither rotting nor enhancing our brain. We have the same brains of the past, just differently programmed. For instance, an inventor of the early 20th century would head to his study and toil away for hours at his latest ideas. After weeks of seclusion, he/she would emerge victorious, invention in hand. But Steven Johnson brings up the point of how 21st century inventors operate. They would post their idea to a forum, receive feedback and finish their product within a couple of weeks.
Are these processes different? Yes. Do they produce the same result? Yes. So as Benjy read in his book, the human brain is not smarter, nor dumber, it is just different. Thanks to the innovations of the modern day, the creative process is completely changed.