Summary Of Is Google Making USupid By Nicholas Carr

Over the the years, more and more people have become heavily dependent on technology to get us through our day. A reason for that is because technology has been rapidly advancing. For example, back in the day people used pagers, dvr’s, and typewriters. Now we have 3D televisions, computers, game systems, social media, search engines, and smartphones that come out every year. In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” he argues that the internet is filling us with artificial knowledge. Carr tries to persuade the audience by using his rhetorical strategies ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos represents the author’s credibility level when trying to persuade the audience. Nicholas Carr has plenty of writing experience, he frequently

Logos is the use of logic by the author to convince the audience. In the article Carr states that he called Bruce Freidman on the telephone to gather information about his experience with technology. Friedman goes on to say “I’ve lost the ability to do that. Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is to much to absorb. I skim it.” (Carr 316). Carr uses Friedman’s experience to show that people do not want to read lengthy articles gather their information so they just skim down the article quickly. He goes on to talk about how he can relate to people because he loses focus and bounces around while he reads an article. Another opinion Carr uses is Maryanne Wolf, a psychologist at Tuft’s University, Wolf believes that the style of reading that is used on the web “is a style that puts efficiency and immediacy above all else” (Carr 316). This shows that the internet is used to find a quick answer instead of having to do deep research to find the answer you need. As a result, people today do not have to use a lot of their time to research or study for an answer because they can find an answer within second just by typing into google. Next, Carr uses logos by mentioning a character from history. He mentions Friedrich Nietzche, Friedrich bought a typewriter in 1882 because his vision was