A decade from now, the Internet will have redefined the way we read, write, and gather knowledge to skills largely built around gadgetry and applications, according to a new study from Pew Internet.

Below, other findings from The Future of the Internet in 2020, which surveyed technology stakeholders' and critics' expectations of social, political, and economic change by 2020.

Google won't make us stupid: 76% of the surveyed experts say human intelligence will be enhanced by the Internet in 2020—i.e.,  as people are allowed unprecedented access to more information they will become smarter and make better choices.
However, 21% of experts disagree—and say Google will make us stupid (as Nicholas Carr wrote in 2009).*

Reading, writing, and knowledge will be improved: 65% of experts say the Internet will enhance reading, writing, and the rendering of knowledge. 

Meanwhile, 32% say the Internet detracts from the basic human skills of reading and writing, some citing the disintegration of thoughtful and lasting communications as a result of the Internet.

Innovation will catch us by surprise: 80% of experts say the newest gadgets and applications that will capture the imaginations of users in 2020 will often come "out of the blue" and will not have been anticipated by many of today's savviest innovators.

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