GOOGLE

Google has become the spot where anyone can learn or find anything they want. Instead of reading countless pages for the single piece of information that you wanted, Google allows us to go immediately to what we want and quench our thirst of that knowledge that we were searching for. I would argue that it is an unbelievable advancement that humans have made throughout the years. With Google being someone’s main source of information, of course it is going to change the way they go about things and even all of their customary ways. This change doesn’t necessarily mean that it is making us dumb or less of a “deep reader.”  This just means that we are in a transition where we want everything fast and right now, without all of the unneeded extras. There are many factors that can attribute to the effect of a society becoming less of a “deep reader.”

                Although Google is an amazing tool for anything, Carr’s points in his essay are true. People are becoming less of a deep reader and more focused on reading materials that are short and straight to the point. I know that I am that way. Looking through my internet log for the past couple of weeks, I have noticed that I tend to focus more on the tiny articles that are presented because it not only satisfies what I’m searching for, but it does it with plenty of time left for me to wonder onto other subjects. My classmates and maybe this whole generation are under this hump and to use Google as the reason behind it isn’t correct.