is google making us stupid? part 2

Carr's claim is right in the title, that google is some how making our society stupid, that google is rewiring our brains. Carr backs up his claim multiple ways. First, he gives a personal narrative about how he finds it difficult to read long texts now. Then, he cites studies, one being from the University College London. He goes on to cite more examples, such as professors opinions and the like. However, Carr makes one big mistake in making his point. He assumes everyone has access to, and uses, google. Since not everyone has a computer or uses the internet, google cannot be the sole cause of this generations inability to read long text. it may be a part of the overall problem, but it cannot be the only reason. A much more likely scenario is this society of instant gratification is to blame, and google just makes a nice scapegoat.

is google making us stupid?

Nicholas Carr writes that Google is dumbing down society. He claims that Google is changing the way that we, as a society, think. "Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy...now my concentration starts to drift." The premise that Google is dumbing people down is false. Rather than having a deep, in depth understanding of a subject, people are now gaining a greater knowledge of many subjects. People are becoming more well rounded. This is a good thing. If someone knows everything there is to know about one thing, they may be ignorant of many other things.