'Is Google Making USupid?' By Nicholas Carr

In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, Nicholas Carr argues that the Net has made us think and act differently because efficiency is what we only care now. Carr uses his personal experiences and Bruce Friedman’s experiences to exemplify how the concentration lost is caused by the Internet. Furthermore, Carr supports his assertion using a research from University College London. The research suggests that “users are not reading online in the traditional sense” (317); instead, users will just glance at the information the site provides. Moreover, Carr claims the Net has not only changed people, it has changed other source of media. As the Net suggests efficiency, the classic newspaper needs to accommodate the change in order to be competitive and engaging to readers. In addition, Carr believes “adult mind ‘is very plastic’”(319) because James Olds, a professor of neuroscience, suggests human can easily adapt to changes. As a result, if we start reading classic newspaper again constantly, then our brain will reprogram and believe reading online article is weird. Ultimately, the Net has become our fundamental of resources with superior efficiency. …show more content…
For instance, Carr presents the Google’s view of their dominant search engine. Google believes its search engine complement us and our natural knowledge is no longer relevant. Furthermore, Carr believes Google could be just like the invention of printing press, which may become a blessing to us. Moreover, an engineer in the early 1900s believed algorithm should be the fundamental of workers. Like the Internet, the system Taylor suggested allow us to be more efficient with easy access. Therefore, Google and Taylor’s view of technology are differ than Carr; however, there will be no sufficient evidences to prove who’s right or