In his essay written in The Atlantic, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr argues that the newest form of media known as the Internet, fundamentally alters the way a person's mind processes and contains information simultaneously. In the article, Carr begins with a dialogued, description of the closing scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, when Dave is dismantling HAL, the artificial interface within the ship, removing his memory boards. When HAL says he can feel his mind slipping, Carr says he can too. Carr also feels that more time he spends online the more its rewiring his brain, leaving him no longer able to concentrate and focus as well as go into deep thought, the way he used to. This sets the tone and hooks the reader and also allows for Carr to state his argument.
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He goes on to state that the rate his mind wants to take in information has been adjusted to the same rate the internet puts it out, in rapid quantities. Then compares himself to that of a jet skier, not a deep sea diver, seeing as to how he is not longer able to focus as he used to and the internet is responsible. While a recent study on online research habits, conducted at University College London, Carr admits it has found some evidence that there is negative effects on the brain from internet but there haven’t been any long term studies to furthermore prove
He goes on to state that the rate his mind wants to take in information has been adjusted to the same rate the internet puts it out, in rapid quantities. Then compares himself to that of a jet skier, not a deep sea diver, seeing as to how he is not longer able to focus as he used to and the internet is responsible. While a recent study on online research habits, conducted at University College London, Carr admits it has found some evidence that there is negative effects on the brain from internet but there haven’t been any long term studies to furthermore prove