I feel like Carr meant that because it’s so easy to just search up a topic and get so much information on it our brains don’t really need to think much. When looking in a book, you have to find the book, the chapter, then your topic, then break down what you wrote, make sure you fully understand and then use your research. With all this modern technology all you have to do is type in your topic, and worry about how you’re gonna word it. Carr definitely has a point. We’ve become so dependent on knowing that the internet will have what we need we don’t ever do any real digging for info. Millions of articles and sites pop up with all the information. When I was younger, I did walk to the library and I used to walk all around the library, find my books and either research there or at home. From me doing both I definitely noticed a difference. I definitely become a little lazier with researching. In earlier years I would research weeks before an assignment because I knew how long it would take. Now, I could put aside 1-3 hours to research and put together the evidence that I need. The internet gives both. It gives us all the knowledge we want right away, but it kind of takes away the learning sense of it. With researching now, I don’t really hold on to the information for as long as I did when I spent days reading and re-reading it. Now research is more for the assignment or whatever you’re researching for rather than actually taking anything away from it.

1. In early schooling I was always told not to use Wikipedia because it isn’t reliable since any one can edit the articles there. A Lot of times, essays wouldn’t even count if we used Wikipedia. After reading the article, I feel like Wikipedia could still be used as a source, as long as you double check what’s on there.  Wikipedia has definitely came a long way from when we were in elementary/middle school.  There’s more articles to site from and more people want to actually teach people stuff.
2. Some ways Purdy explains that Wikipedia can be useful because people can go in and update information which keeps topics up to date. That way, you’re not always getting told the same old information from years ago. Wikipedia articles are constantly being revised and fact checked so now Wikipedia articles are more reliable in a way. Purdy also points out how Wikipedia isn’t just a place for research but for spreading knowledge too. Wikipedia has multiple usages and thats why it’s recognized for being more useful.
3. I wouldn’t really consider Wikipedia a community platform because although anyone can edit and show where they cited evidence you can’t really interact with the authors. For example, our forum for this class would be considered a community platform because we are able to interact with each other, comment, and actually have discussions. Wikipedia could only be considered a community because any one can write and edit things. I didn’t really understand of all the conversations in the article honestly.