Reading response 4

In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” by Nick Carr a different side to the technology argument is addressed. Carr discusses the idea that technology is changing the way we as humans think and comprehend information. He suggests throughout his article that we as humans are beginning to think like the internet, bouncing from one subject to another unable to stay focused on one topic.
One claim that Carr makes in this article is that “never has a communications system played so many roles in our lives-or exerted such a broad influence over our thoughts-as the Internet does today”. I agree that the internet plays many roles in our society’s everyday lives today because; my experience of growing up with technology and computers has confirmed this statement. Just think, how often do you use the internet every week? Do you go on the internet at least once a day? Internet has become such an everyday part of our population’s daily routine that we don’t realize the influence it is having on our lives. WE are constantly using the internet because it gives us what were looking for fast and in a society, like ours, that is constantly on the move our society is always looking for the fastest way to do everything.
Another claim that Carr used in his article was “The internet, an immeasurably powerful computing system, is subsuming most of our other intellectual technologies. It’s becoming our map and our clock, our printing press and our typewriter, our calculator and our telephone, and our radio and TV”. Carr’s theory that the internet is becoming all of these items listed above is extremely interesting because it sheds insight onto on the topic of how much internet is influencing our lives. At first the internet took the place of using books for research. However, now that it has become a part of our society’s lives it is slowly turning into more and more things. Not only do we use it for research now but we also are able to watch videos, listen to music, go shopping and tons of other activities. Showing that Nick Carr’s theory is correct, the internet’s influence on our population is slowly affecting not only us (humans) but it is also affecting the internet itself, because it is causing it to continue to grow to meet our needs, replacing other useful inventions.