Is Google Making Us Stupid?

The article's main argument is that our minds are changing. Carr thinks that we are no longer going to think for ourselves. He talks about how the Net is becoming this universal medium that is reprogramming us. Carr says that the Internet has affected his thinking process by chipping away his capacity for concentration and contemplation. He says that deep reading, that used to come naturally, has become a struggle for him. Literacy is defined in this article as being able to pull information from a text. It is similar to the Socrates article because both deal with getting facts from a text, but the article on Socrates focuses more on being able to think deeply beyond face value while this article focuses more on just being able to think for yourself and actually read a whole article. The Internet has changed the thinking process and mental habits for many people by making them unable to concentrate. People now skim passages and bounce from one site to another. The author backs up his claims by providing evidence. He talks about Google, brain and cognitive studies, and research from other scholars. The evidence is effective because he has so much of it to back up his claims. The reader can take away that the Internet has an effect on their brains. If one is not careful, they will no longer be able to concentrate long enough to read a long article or book.