Seneca was a Roman philosopher and the title of this musing comes from him.  It is a telling statement and we need to consider it seriously as we enter into this new-year.  I confess I have never read Seneca and found this quote in a book by Nicholas Carr, it is entitled ‘The Shallows’ and has the sub-title “How the Internet is changing the way we read, think and remember.” It is always good to read a book confirming ones own growing convictions!  I say that tongue in cheek, but Carr certainly does that for me as he reasons through issues to do with the plasticity of the brain and the way it is reshaped by new technology.  He draws information from all sorts of research and it inexorably leads to the conclusion that the web fosters ignorance.  I have had my misgivings about aspects of the Internet revolution and there is mass of evidence corroborating that this monolith is both help and a profound hindrance.  We need wisdom from God as we engage in the use of it.