Google Reshaping Minds
Google reshaping our minds is simultaneously wrong and right. It is efficient, helpful, and while it encourages us to have the mindset to pick out and process small bits of information quickly, that is a good and a bad thing. While being able to find information quickly is good, we no longer have the capability or mentality to simply sit and think about things for a long period of time, in “that true enlightenment comes only through contemplation and introspection” (Carr, 167). There were many examples where people the author knew, or the author himself, realized they would be unable to concentrate on a book or article the way that they used to, even saying “I miss my old brain” (Carr, 16). The distractions of hyperlinks and other articles,
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Many people nowadays are distracted by so many things at once, that some of them don’t even know how to merely sit and meditate, to contemplate, relax, and collect themselves properly. There is a multitude of people that will do something to change that for their own benefit; setting aside time to meditate, do yoga, or find a quiet activity in a space where there are little to no distractions. Nevertheless, the Web is a place that is meant to take and split our focus into many different directions, some of which we don’t ever expect from ourselves. We’ve been caught searching for a video to help us understand something, only to find ourselves hours later watching someone play a videogame, with no recollection of the information you needed not that long ago. This way of thinking has also infected everything else we do; forgetting to do something moments after you reminded yourself, having to set reminders on your phone. They say “the benefits they get from using the Net--quick access to loads of information, potent searching and filtering tools… make up for the loss of their ability to sit still and turn the pages of a book or magazine” (Carr, 7).
There are pros and cons of using the Internet; people are willing to make the sacrifice of the linear way that they think, to have the accessibility of anything and everything at their fingertips. “The boons are real. But
Many people nowadays are distracted by so many things at once, that some of them don’t even know how to merely sit and meditate, to contemplate, relax, and collect themselves properly. There is a multitude of people that will do something to change that for their own benefit; setting aside time to meditate, do yoga, or find a quiet activity in a space where there are little to no distractions. Nevertheless, the Web is a place that is meant to take and split our focus into many different directions, some of which we don’t ever expect from ourselves. We’ve been caught searching for a video to help us understand something, only to find ourselves hours later watching someone play a videogame, with no recollection of the information you needed not that long ago. This way of thinking has also infected everything else we do; forgetting to do something moments after you reminded yourself, having to set reminders on your phone. They say “the benefits they get from using the Net--quick access to loads of information, potent searching and filtering tools… make up for the loss of their ability to sit still and turn the pages of a book or magazine” (Carr, 7).
There are pros and cons of using the Internet; people are willing to make the sacrifice of the linear way that they think, to have the accessibility of anything and everything at their fingertips. “The boons are real. But