"Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

"Over the past few years I've had an uncomfortable sense that somone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuity, reprogamming the memory. My mind isn't going -as far as I can tell- but its changing." This is Nicholas Carr's first opinion he mentions in his whole essay. From this point you can tell he is going to retell his experiences with his mind mutating into a different way of thinking. As you read on he describes how he can immerse himself in a lengthy book as easily anymore. He states his before and after actions involving with reading articles and books that aren't on the internet. You can tell when you understand his thesis, his project in this essay is to let the reader know how much his reading habits have changed since he has been using the internet excessivily. The internet in this case is like a mutualism with his brain and his way of thinking, both are benefitting from this experience in different ways. Carr is trying to make a very important point that the internet has changed his way of thinking and is sure it has happened to others as well, it is an ongoing cycle for everyone who uses the internet. One way Carr states that has contributed to his change of thinking is; "Research that once required days in the stacks or perioical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes. A few Google searches, some quick clicks on hyperlinks, and I've got the telltale face or pithy quote I was after." This is a prime example of what has changed or ways of thinking.
"I'm not the only one. When I mention my troubles with reading to friends and acquaintances-literacy types, most of them- many say they're have similar experiences," he admits. Carr saying that means that he is not the only one going through this struggle and is happening to many other people. This part of the essay he is trying to tell the reader that its not just himself going through the experience, others are as well. He even mentions other people sharing their opinion. He says, "Bruce Friedman, who blogs regularly about the use of computers in medicine, also has described how the Internet has altered his mental habits." He shares Bruce's opinion because his opinion supports Carr's thesis about how the internet has altered his way of thinking. He is trying to make the reader believe that this is a big deal and many people are going through this. Carr also mentions that, "It is clear that users are not reading online in the traditional sense; indeed there are signs that new forms of "reading" are emerging as users "power browse" horizontally through titles, contents pages and abstracts going for quick wins. It almost seems that they go online to avoid reading in the traditionally sense." At this part of the essay he starts to describe the new way of thinking he is going through. His thinking is becoming more in a way of skimming, looking for the key points, instead of going in depth and reading the whole text. From his thesis, you can tell that the internet is changing our cognition. Carr is trying to make the reader believe and realize the internet has such a big affect on our brains and our thinking.
I agree with Carr's experience and his ideas. Our brain is so easily convinced and can be changed easily, the internet is a prime suspect of this. My idea is that the internet really has changed our thinking, but not in a bad way, its just different from 20 years ago. Carr really explains and goes through his preception of the change of thinking because of the internet and it really helps me as a reader understand where he is coming from.