1. When Carr says that his mind is changing, one thing that is changing is his ability to focus on books or long articles. The internet allows us to browse and get the gist of information with out sitting and reading entire essays or books.
2. Carr cites research and hyperlinks as benefits of the internet. As a journalist, search engines put research and information at his finger tips and, unlike footnotes in books that just point in the direction of related sources, links do the job for him, shooting him across the web.
3. Carr illustrates his statement that media can shape the process of thought as well as supply the stuff of thought in his expectation of information in other media to be presented in a quick and clear stream, as it is on the web. This explains why he has become impatient with reading whole books.
4. It would seem that Carr is concerned that Google's omnipresence is making us stupid. He shows much interest in the way in which it changes our thought process and the way we skim and get the gist of information.
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