I never really thought about the internet "dumbing" me down; more like being a resource that I've become almost wholly dependent on perhaps? As for reading, I remember when ebooks first came out and were touted as the way of the future. I just couldn't make myself think of an online novel as "real" and it felt weird to read it on a screen, but then I realized I'm big into fandom fanfics that can regularly be 65-100k in length, and i'll sit and read those on a screen for hours.

I do, however, wonder about the younger generations, teens and those just leaving teenhood, who have grown with the net and computers. Then again, Harry Poter sales to that age group were good and kids are still reading things like Twilight and YA lit so *shrug*.

And I felt like I was rambling and not really making a point. Okay, point is: word. ;-P