No More Room in My Head

Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, July/August. 18 Jan. 2011.

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Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, is supporting the fact that by using Google and by doing most things online these days, we are “losing” our mind. He has made many clear points that when people rely distinctly on the internet, we don’t use all of our brain. He is pointing out that when he reads particular things, he gets sidetracked with other thoughts. He is not staying focused on what he needs to be reading. He went around and read others’ blogs and they have similar views as Carr. They have mentioned that their ways of thinking are changing and when they read, they don’t always remember what they have read. Carr believes that these problems may be caused by the internet making everything so easy, not old age.

The point of view Carr is expressing is important because there are others who are also having this problem. In the article it was said, “That the person is working the hand, but Google was our mind.” And if this is true, this is a scary thought because by the time this generation is in adulthood they will be relying on the internet more than their own mind. This is definitely something to think about because if wise writers and composers are having thinking issues and concentrating problems then think of those who are getting out of their adolescent years in this century. The two men who founded Google have mentioned the fact that Google could be, “Smarter than or at least as smart as the human mind.” Carr is afraid that humans may start acting like robots because of the information they will hold by relying on the internet. He’s leaning towards maybe, life experience to learn about things instead of always running to an internet search engine to get information or just using their head and thinking.