Google: Making Nick Carr Stupid, But It's Made This Guy Smarter

I will admit, I was entirely biased upon reading this story from Nick Carr, who has a knack for writing pieces that get a lot of attention by baiting his hook with contrarian link chum. Heck, he's really good at it, and I have a lot of respect for Nick. So I'll take the bait.

His piece starts by conjuring HAL, the famous AI which manipulates humans, then makes his case by citing his own… » Full Story on John Battelle's Searchblog