The Internet and the Way We Think

        Although the title of the article is "Is Google Making Us Stupid?," the words "What the Internet is doing to our brains" directly under the title tell us what this article is really about. This article claims that the Internet is affecting us in several unsuspecting ways. It is making us read less and also lazily. The Internet is even changing the way we think.
        There was a point in our lives where some people could read really long articles or tons of books without any problems. Now, they find themselves losing concentration, fidgeting, and skimming anything that is more than a few paragraphs. This is because of the affect the Internet is having on our brains. Sometimes people stop reading books all together and only use the Internet simply because it is more convenient. Also, there was a time when people had to spend hours in the library going through several books just to get research done. Now the Internet allows one to find that same information in a few seconds.
        The Internet is very useful and extremely convenient, but unfortunately, it is changing the way we think. It is unfortunate because it is making us become decoders of information. We are not thinking as deeply into the things we read as we used to. Which can make us less innovative, creative, and it also makes of lose the complexity of our thinking. When used in the article "Is Google Making Us Stupid? as well as "Socrates Nightmare" the word "illiterate" is used to describe a particular way of thinking. In addition to those things, the Internet is also making us illiterate.
        The claims made in this article are backed up by friends, professionals, and also written sources from the past. He mentions the research of the 1960's media theorist Marshall McLuhan as well as Maryanne Wolf, a developmental psychologist. All of the evidence used in the article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" is very effective and some even tells us the answer to the "so what?" question. There are two answers to this question in this article:

"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 traditional sense."

“What if I do all my reading on the web not so much because the way I read has changed, i.e. I’m just seeking convenience, but because the way I THINK has changed?”