Internet Smart

Nicholas Car in his writing: “What The Internet is doing to our brains,” explains several very interesting points about how our brains are changing due to the excessive use of the internet. One point he tries to explain is that the Web has caused the users of this wonderful technology, to loss their ability to concentrate on any one thing for an extended period of time. He states, “The more they use the web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing” (par5). Car supported his claim by relating to Scott Karp who said that he had stopped reading books, because the way his thinking had changed; not because the web was more convenient (par5). Another, Bruce Friedmen, admitted, “even a blog post of more that three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it” (par6). Carr seems to be suggesting that the use of the web; particularly excessive surfing of it, which is quickly jumping from page to page scanning for information; has really changed the way we think. The web has caused out brains to only be able to look, grab and go. We find in-depth reading a real struggle, especially reflective reading. Most of us can read a book (maybe), but how many can really remember what they just read. Our brains seemed to be only capable of quickly looking at a small pieces of information, possibly retaining it , or writing it down, then to race on the next source. This is an important issue simply put: we may be unconsciously losing our fundamental ability to really learn personally about anything, and our ability to grow in personal wisdom which comes from reflection apone experience . I other words we may be losing our ability to think for ourselves.
Matt