For many of us, technology has changed our lives considerably over the last few years, most noticeably through the use of the internet. But has technology also changed our minds?There is a growing belief that our dependence on the Internet is affecting the way we think and even the fabric of our brains. Nicholas Carr brought this to prominence with an article in Atlantic magazine entitled ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid?’ (July/August issue, 2008). His argument wasn’t that the search engine itself was affecting our intelligence, but rather our concentration and the way we now access and use information.