Nicholas Carr's 'Is Google Making USupid'

Nicholas Carr, a Harvard graduate writes this article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid," to underline a potential danger the evolution of the net poses to Americans. The article published in The Atlantic, one of the most respected literary magazines based out of DC, seeks to raise caution to the American people as to our reliance on "instant" information, which may be reducing our thinking capabilities, leading to consequences such as being "drained of our 'inner repertory of dense cultural inheritance.'" While Carr's argument lies entrenched in the potential loss of thought of the human mind, he does admit that his argument might be just one of "worry." However, his extensive research might prove otherwise. As Carr begins his article on the subject matter, he talks about his first hand experiences of "tinkering with [his] brain." The …show more content…
He attempts to understand what the human brain does, with information based on the words of phycologists among others. However, he also decides to use metaphors in conjunction with the human brain, comparing it to "clock work." Carr also cites people who provide their insight as to what the role of the Internet is, and how that potentially effects the "malleability" of an adult's brain. He does this particularly well when comparing Frederick Winslow Taylor's work ethic of time-motion work, with the ethic of Google time, being that one of an algorithm. Automatic per say. His evidence of effects on the brain, however, as he admits is for the most part nothing. He admits that "long term" research is needed. Is argument is purely based on cause and effect, and what his own first hand experiences. And being that the citations provided by Carr for the most part, apply to different situations, his research is subjective, and by no means objective, even though the citations are from credible people from throughout