Google Making Us Lazy

The question that Nick Carr is asking in his article “Is Google making us Stupid,” is if the availability and convenience of the internet is causing people to become lazy, or stupid. Supporters of the internet argue that we will enter a “golden age of intellectual discovery and universal wisdom” (Carr). Everyone will be able to access the internet and the knowledge that is available. This would result in faster and more efficient access to information, which would lead to our brains understanding the meaning faster, and people becoming more productive thinkers and learners. However, it’s been noticed through a 5-year study conducted by University College London scholars that the online research habits of people are leaning more towards skimming