Friday, January 29, 2010

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.

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