Analysis: Is Google Making Us Stupid

Google is lessening the amount of reading that is being done by people all over the country. Nicholas Carr gives an example of himself that states, " . . . my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages [of reading]. I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do." People are so used to accessing information instantly through the Internet that they lose concentration and become bored when trying to read an article. Carr supports the idea of everything is at the click of a button when he says, "Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes." This quote proves the fact that the amount of time that is needed to research something has been extremely cut down.

While writing this article, Is Google Making Us Stupid?, Nicholas Carr also assumes that other people are being affected in a negative way because of the Internet. Carr even states, "I'm not the only one [who is having trouble reading]." Here we can see that Carr assumes that other people are having problems with reading that are using the Internet more and more.