Text Wrestling Essay 3

In the article, Is Google making us stupid? By Nicholas Carr tells how the internet and search engines like Google themselves are changing our minds and why this isn’t a good thing. He feels that the way everything is so fast pace and having information at your fingertips is changing the way our minds are working. The author refers back to many different times throughout history to give examples to his thoughts on how the internet is changing our minds as other items though history have as well. Like back when the Industrial Revolution was and the world seemed to embrace manufacturing. We are now embracing the internet. The author gives examples from various educated people he knows as well that seem to be experiencing this change in thinking as well. Carr speaks of how people are not reading books although people do tend to be reading more in general. This reading is done in a different way though such ways as text messaging and online books. Individuals are browsing or skimming through things rather than reading completely through it as their attention to reading longer articles has faded due to this technological change. People are finding it harder to concentrate for a long period of time. The internet is making us use our brain less and depend more on what is coming up on the computer screen. The author does speak of the advantages to being able to research things quicker and easier. He is though very persuasive is showing you the disadvantages for these same advantages. He also shows the way different things through time has changed the way our brain thinks and how the internet is doing it now. The article shows a very clear interpretation on how “Google is making us stupid” as he puts it.