In the Article, Is Google Making Us Stupid? , Nicholas Carr talks about how he as a writer has experienced the effects of the internet on his ability to think. He starts out by talking about his own experiences with how he has noticed a change of how he thinks, since he started using the internet. He talks about how as a writer the internet has helped him in several ways, but how they have also hurt his ability do other things in his life. For example, he states that it would take a while to find research before, but now it only takes a few seconds. On the other hand, he stated that the internet has ruined his ability to concentrate on one thing for an extended period of time. Very similar to Nicholas Carr, I think that the internet is debilitating
…show more content…
When on the internet we do not focus solely on a single task, instead we bounce around from page to page. This trend translates over to when we are not using the internet. It makes it hard to sit down and read whole book, or to write a whole paper. I the article he states, “ Wolf worries that the style of reading promoted by the Net, a style that puts “efficiency” and “immediacy” above all else, may be weakening our capacity for the kind of deep reading that emerged when an earlier technology, the printing press, made long and complex works of prose commonplace” (229). This shows that the framework of how the internet works has decreased our ability to sit down a read. I use to read a lot of books as a kid, but as I have aged I find myself reading books less and less. However, I don’t think that means I am reading less than before. I think the way I read has changed. Instead of reading a long book, I read subtitle on movies or short articles. A lot of that has to do with my lack of concentration. I will start reading a book and get really interested in it, but I end up getting bored and just want to know what happens. I will just look up a summary of the entire book, on the internet, and just read that
When on the internet we do not focus solely on a single task, instead we bounce around from page to page. This trend translates over to when we are not using the internet. It makes it hard to sit down and read whole book, or to write a whole paper. I the article he states, “ Wolf worries that the style of reading promoted by the Net, a style that puts “efficiency” and “immediacy” above all else, may be weakening our capacity for the kind of deep reading that emerged when an earlier technology, the printing press, made long and complex works of prose commonplace” (229). This shows that the framework of how the internet works has decreased our ability to sit down a read. I use to read a lot of books as a kid, but as I have aged I find myself reading books less and less. However, I don’t think that means I am reading less than before. I think the way I read has changed. Instead of reading a long book, I read subtitle on movies or short articles. A lot of that has to do with my lack of concentration. I will start reading a book and get really interested in it, but I end up getting bored and just want to know what happens. I will just look up a summary of the entire book, on the internet, and just read that