in class google questions

1. when the author says that his mind is "changing", he is talking about the effect that google has on the function of his brain. The more we use the internet to research and find information, the quicker our brains expect to find and understand information all the time. He allutes to the fact that at one point, people had to spend time looking up data in books and at the library whereas now we can hop online, google the topic and find it in minutes.

2. Since Carr is a writer, he finds using the Web to be very helpful. He says that he can conduct research that at one point took days to complete, in a matter of minutes today. Outside of work, Carr finds the Web great for entertainment and often finds himself watching videos, listening to music and reading blog posts.

3. Carr and his friends believe the internet is shaping their ability to focus. There was a time where sitting down and focusing on larger pieces of writing was no big deal. Thanks to the internet now-a-days, however, they find it difficult to focus for lengthy periods of time to read. I think this is an example of how medium is shaping it's users because its not only affect their learning capabilities, but its also affect their chances of success in life.“I now have almost totally lost the ability to read and absorb a longish article on the web or in print" (Carr p. 6).

4. We think the Carr's biggest concern in reguards to the internet being everywhere is that it's becoming our everything. "The Internet, an immeasurably powerful computing system, is subsuming most of our other intellectual technologies. It’s becoming our map and our clock, our printing press and our typewriter, our calculator and our telephone, and our radio and TV" (Carr p. 18) We think Carr is referring to the fact that we as a society are putting all of our "eggs in one basket". We are relying on the internet for way too much.