Nicholas Carr

Analysis Essay The internet has become a good tool for people in the use of knowledge. Search engines like Google , allows us to find information that we want, some people believe search engine like Google are doing the opposite and instead are making us “stupid”, they believe that the internet is replacing knowledge with information. Nicholas Carr wrote an article that he believes that Google making us stupid, he contributes about The Atlantic. Nicholas Carr wrote an article called ‘’is Google making us stupid’’. Nicholas Carr is an American writer who published articles and books on business and culture but mainly on technology, and one of them is the one I will talk about. In this article he argues that reading online is less provoking then reading a book. My analysis will talk about three claims that Carr makes, first the internet causes us to be distracted, second the way read on the internet is changing the way we think and third the way we gather information from internet. The 1st claim that Nicholas Carr makes is that Internet causes distraction. He talks about his claim with his personal examples. Carr said that the internet is full of distraction like ads, hyperlinks and anything that can distract us. ‘’He gives the example of someone reading the latest headlines in a newspaper site when suddenly a new e-mail messages announces its arrival with tone of some sort he says that the result is to scatter our attention and diffuse our concentration.’’ It’s not only on the internet but it can also be on TV shows, and newspapers. ‘’He says as people’s minds become attuned to the crazy quilt of internet media, traditional media have to adapt to the audience’s new expectations, Carr says that this change has led TV shows to add text crawls and pop-ups.’’