Summary Of Is Google Making USupid By Nicholas Carr

Imagine how life would be without Technology? What if the Internet just vanished from existence? Everyone today has become dependent on technology, from picking out a potential spouse online, to buying a house. Any questions can be answered merely within a matter of seconds with thousands of options to choose from online. Nicholas Carr, a former non-fiction writer, states that he has found himself thinking differently. In his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” he goes on to state that technology is causing us to change the way we think as well as process ideas. This article grabbed my attention which made me think about how I am with technology. I have caught myself falling back into the trap of technology. I am slowly becoming addicted

At the beginning of the article, he opens up about his struggles with reading and how he thinks something is changing the way he processes his thought. When the Internet first came to be, Carr was pleased. He has noticed how technology may be changing everything. He goes on to explain how common day tasks are being done faster. In the next section he discusses a few credible studies that show our brains are thinking differently because of technology. His other friends, bloggers and professors, also find this problem happening to them as well. An online research study shows that our brains are altering to our habits with technology. Then he explains how we are beginning to adjust to computers like we adapted when the clock was invented. At the end of the article he points out that we should start to watch our behavior and habits before it is too

Carr could have not said it any better, “what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away at my capacity for concentration and contemplation.” It has immobilized my ability to think on my own and read in-depth. Once again, technology has wiggled its way back into my life. Since reading this article, I have caught myself becoming dependent on the Internet. If I ever have questions,I automatically take out one of my devices and look up the question. I do not give myself the time to think for myself. The Internet is a faster, more efficient use of my time. Working and going to school, I do not have the most time to dedicate to figuring out something on my own. Technology has never failed me, it is always accessible and has helped me in many ways with tasks from school. While I am reading a book for my history class I find myself to drift off and think about other ideas. “Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages” states Carr, I also have this problem. I end up going on my laptop to look up a reference to one of the historical figures and end up watching a video about a completely different topic. The Internet has changed the way I read. Instead of reading word for word from a website I scan the page quickly looking over what the page has to say. I then either find an interesting fact or look to another page. I knew exactly how Carr