The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains: The Shallows By Nicholas Carr

It is stated that the average number of Google searches per day has grown from 9,800 in 1998 to over 4.7 trillion today. In the novel, 'What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains; The Shallows' by Nicholas Carr, Carr explains the many positive and negatives of how the internet is influencing us today. Carr describes how the internet can be quite brilliant as it allows us to connect not only with people down the street, but people all around the world. The internet also allows us to easily access any and ALL ideas with the quick swipe of a finger or some swift taps on a keyboard. He does describe the many, many benefits the internet has given us yet it is easily seen that Carr believes the internet is causing us to have little connect to our heart, souls, and loved ones.

In the novel, ‘The Shallows’ by Nicholas Carr it is clearly seen that he strongly agrees with the

Carr emphasizes this point by stating in his novel, ““The Net’s interactivity gives us powerful new tools for finding information, expressing ourselves, and conversing with others. It also turns us into lab rats constantly pressing levers to get tiny pellets of social or intellectual nourishment” (Carr 117). To further explain what Carr means in this quote is that he does not expect us to completely abandon the internet but he believes that we are becoming way too overly dependent on the internet. His quotes describes how the issue is that we are in an where we are just relying so much on the internet when we would be benefitted so much more by seeking information and analysis traditionally found in books. Another quote that further emphasizes how the internet is causing us to become more shallow is state by Carr; “What the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation.