The Internet definitely has decreased are ability to read carefully, processes information, and solving a problem. Since the Internet is so easy too use almost anyone has access to Google or other search engines.
Like the articles mentioned people do not read as careful on a web page reading turned into skimming ideas and e become lazier we do not solve problems fully, like the google intern who switched from a harder major to an easier one. Easier methods of research and finding answers easier will lead to laziness in our daily lives, our brains will function differently from our ancestors because they have proper methods on thinking and living life while we are all trapped inside a virtual world.