Is Google Making Us Stupid?: The Drawbacks of Using the Internet

Is Google Making Us Stupid?
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Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” reveals how the Internet has changed people’s reading behaviors and cognition. Traditionally, many people used to read printed magazines, articles, and books. They would concentrate and read long stories since there were no disruptions. Although the Internet has made it possible for individuals to access more information within a short period, it has become extremely difficult to interpret the data present in millions of materials available online. Carr is set out to show how the Internet is making people dumb, and his arguments matter since reveal how human cognition is adversely affected.
Despite the Internet becoming a ubiquitous and universal medium of communication, it has adversely affected individuals’ concentration and contemplation capacities (Carr, 2008). Carr admits that he has developed issues in reading due to overreliance on the web. The way he used to focus on long articles has changed. Other people have affirmed that the Internet has adverse impacts on their reading behaviors. For example, Bruce Friedman, a blogger of computers application in medicine from the University of Michigan Medical School, admitted that the web has changed his mental habits (Carr, 2008). He has lost the ability to read and comprehend long articles. The author makes it clear that individuals should avoid over relying on the web to promote their thinking capacities. As a result, the Internet has significantly contributed to people’s laziness to read long journals.
Carr wants readers to understand that the Internet can have adverse cognitive consequences that would be challenging to overcome. Based on a stud...