It is known that societies reliance on Dr. Google and the touch of a button has encouraged us to skim through text instead of carefully reading and analyzing the text without thinking for yourself. This speaks to what Carr states “that having access to infinite knowledge is making us stupid. We are not thinking for ourselves and relying on a machine. We are not reading rather skimming through article, and books to get to the point of the story. The article specifies about Carrs experience of having focusing issues. Carr believes that it is taking him longer to read because he can’t stay focus. He has an issue with the fact that we read more but not longer so focusing has become a major problem because of technology and Dr. Google.
Having immediate access to a search engine we loose our sense of thinking and reading process. The reader is not thinking the way they use to think. He states that while reading he no longer gets caught up in the narrative instead his concentration starts to drift after two or three pages. One looses focus and the way society once read a book, novel, article which used to come easy is now a constant struggle to stay focused. Although, Dr. Google has saved the life of our long day because we no longer have to go to a public library and sit there for hours, it is still making us stupid. Some of the pros is the click of a button and you get a wealth of information in a short period of time. With all this information we as a society are becoming stupid because although we are reading more we are not analyzing and thinking for ourselves.
The author believes that although we are getting information is good but it is harming our brains because we are not reading for understanding anymore instead we are reading to get information. He argues that “reading is conscious and taught” which is the reason why many believe that Dr. Google is stupid and is making people stupid as well. It wants us to maintain stupid without a level of conscious and thinking process and affecting human intelligence.This is dangerous because the internet is monitoring and watching how much information is being shared. An analysis that I would like to make is that the internet is affecting our brains in a negative way. Many people I know are self diagnosing themselves based on the information being rendered. I know teens believing that they have bi polar disorders because of the information they read on the internet. That is the reason why I call it Dr. Google because people rely completely on Google. As for me I am one of those teens but lately I have been trying to stay of the internet and watching what I allow my to process because thinking analytically is important and we nourish our brain with knowledge.
To conclude, I want to say that societies total reliance on Dr. Google is dangerous for us as a whole. Google just wants to keep us stupid by monitoring the level of information we receive. I agree that while it is helpful and saves time; it can also be harmful to our brains.
