Is Stupid Making Us Google?

"Is Stupid Making Us Google?"

What is the argument of the reading?
The argument of "Is Stupid Making Us Google?" is that people use the Internet and Google because the way people think and have been educated has changed. The author of the article argues that the way we think has changed in such a way that discourages deeper reading and thinking. He argues that the reason why people use the information for quick fact finding and skimming as opposed to close reading is because that is the way we think now. He argues that politics have caused educators to teach that history and the old way of doing things were both steeped in racism, sexism, homophobia, etc- as opposed to the correct open thinking of today. He argues that education has been dumbed down, and therefore, our thinking has been dumbed down.

How does this connect to other things we have read or discussed?
 "Is Stupid Making Us Google?" is a response to "Is Google Making Us Stupid?". "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" argued that the structure of the Internet has changed the way that we think and consequently has made it harder for us to do deep reading and thinking. "Is Stupid Making Us Google?" argues the opposite- that the way that we think has changed the way the we use and shape the Internet- not the other way around. The author of "Is Stupid Making Us Google" blames politics and poor education for the lack of deep reading found in people today- which is similar to the article on the banking concept that we read at the beginning of the year. It also relates to our discussions surrounding the banking concept. The author of the article that we read at the beginning of the year wrote that the banking concept serves as a way for the higher classes to keep the lower classes from thinking independently- in short, for political reasons. In our discussions we watched a video in which a man explained that the banking concept education that children were getting was scientifically proven to decrease their creative thinking skills over the years. This is similar to  the argument the author of "Is Stupid Making Us Google?" makes. He argues that education is the cause of people's lack of critical thinking- not the Internet.

Question:
If education was the reason why people stopped thinking and reading deeply, then why is it only affecting older people (who graduated years ago) now? Why is it that they have only stopped reading deeply now? Wouldn't it have kept them from reading deeply in the first place?