Summary Of Is Google Making USupid By Nicholas Carr

Many people use the Internet in their everyday lives, but they do not understand the negative aspect that it has in their lives. In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” he explains to us how the Internet affects our brains in a negative way. Some people disagree with Carr and say that the Internet is just a resource that we use in our everyday lives and it does not affect us negatively. Even though the internet has many positive aspects, the internet affects us more negatively in our everyday life. The Internet is making it harder for us to concentrate and become engrossed in the information that we are trying to read. Carr explains how sinking into the depths of an article or getting caught up in the narrative of a book is becoming more and more difficult. “ Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy “ (735) Carr tells us. “ Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three
Our constant skimming of internet has started to rewire our brains. James Olds is a professor of neuroscience who directs the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University, he explains to us “ the brain is very plastic” (740). According to James Olds, “ the brain has the ability to reprogram itself on the fly, altering the way it functions “ (740). Our constant time on the Internet and the reprogramming our brains undergo is making us become more and more machinelike and causing us to lose our rich mental connections. Some who are opposed to Nicholas Carr’s article say that the internet brings positive aspects to our culture. Through the power of the Internet and technology, we have been able to make great medical advances. We are also able to communicate with almost anyone from anywhere in the world by using the Internet. Instead of it taking weeks to months for information to get across the state or the country we can now send out information quickly to everyone in the