In the article “Does the Internet Make you Smarter?,” author Clay Shirkey provides us with a different point of view about modern day internet use. According to Shirkey, there are “1.8 Billion current internet users”, however is it almost impossible to make nearly 1.8 billion people stupid. As of 2016, there are 7.5 billion people on Earth, therefore  making 1.8 billion people “stupid” is a tremendous number and out of the ordinary. Shirkey asserts, “We are no more evolved to read books than we are to use computers.” This quote makes you realize that the past is the past. There is no going back from computers and internet to books.