Screenshot of Google Suggest function in Google search.

I think that by having access to such a large bank of knowledge at any time, we are more easily educated as individuals than back in the days when you needed to search everything in books. Anytime you have a question about any topic, you can just Google it and easily find the answer in most of the cases.

Also, Google Earth for example widens our knowledge about geography like every atlas combined. Google even went beyond that, by creating devices like the Google Nexus, it greatly improves the accessibility of this information.

I think that Google has greatly contributed in making us more intelligent both as individuals and as a society.