It's Your World

                The article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid" by Nicholas Carr tests the minds of the reader to think, is the internet an asset or a hindrance? This is a question that seems to be coming up in a lot of people’s minds lately, but appears a bit uneasy to some. Carr explains it to be an “uncomfortable sense” that something has been “remapping” and “reprogramming” his brain. The feeling that something has that much control over you almost validates our excuses in our mind. The “It’s not our fault, it’s society’s” outlook on life is easy to fall into, but when are we going to take a stand against it? I was reading recently about a writer who rents an office space with a desk, a chair, and a computer with the internet capability permanently ruined, so that he can write without the temptations of plagiarism, and has to write, almost eliminating writers block. That works for him, but I believe that the internet does help us and can aid in our research, but only when used correctly. Carr makes some good points, but has a very pessimistic look toward this new world we are living in. We need to embrace it, and find how it works for each individual. It is not a universal teaching technique, and it works for some people to ignore it completely, like that writer. But for the rest of us, I challenge you to go against what you hear and do it for you.