"Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

Nicholas Carr's "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" article creates the argument which explains to readers that the internet is becoming a "universal medium" and our brains are transforming into acting as if we are the internet. My initial reaction to this article is that Nicholas Carr's views on the topic of the internet taking over are very accurate. I agree with almost everything he is saying. He believes the interned is a big advantage today yet it has become a shortcut way of learning and thinking. Our brains have started to work so much like the internet it is harder for us to read longer pieces of writing. Although we may "be reading more today than we did in the 1970s or 1980s," it is a "different kind of reading." Instead of reading educational books or novels for entertainment we are reading maps, clocks, and short unimportant articles.

1. The text explicitly addresses the question of are our brains really starting to work the same way as the internet because of our obsessive internet/Google usage? This question is significant especially today because almost everyone owning a computer or cell phone uses Google to look up anything and everything.
2. The intended audience of this article is the users of the internet and Google. I am a part of this audience because I use Google almost everyday. I use google for homework and my everyday life. I search basic things such as the definitions of words or where to travel for spring break. Google is a very useful tool in my life that saves me a lot of time.
3. The author supports his evidence through facts and observations taken from internet users and Google workers. There is scientific evidence also reported through the author which he shares through this article proving his points.
4. The author keeps the readers focus by making the article very relatable. Reading this article, I can admit to personally experiencing or observing all of the points made in the article. I am an active internet user so I can definitely relate to the article. It is also interesting to learn how peoples brains have evolved into acting like the internet.
5. The author makes himself seem credible because of his sources of information. The facts he is providing are from university wide studies which is a credible source.
6. Like I mentioned before, this article is very relatable to me. The internet is one of the biggest things in my life for entertainment and educational purposes. The beliefs and values mentioned in the article are similar to my own. I do believe people are evolving into working like the internet. We do things by taking short cuts and have the goals of saving time or not wasting it.
7. My overall response to this text is that I fully agree with the author. He makes clear and well written points that most of the world can relate to. People are starting to work like the internet. When we do things we complete them the fastest way possible and the most efficient way. We do not go  into depth and we multi task. The article changed my way of thinking that this truly is a new way of life and more people than we know live by this lifestyle consciously or subconsciously.
8. What I have learned from this text is that the internet is one of the biggest systems used today. The internet is so important and has begun to get our minds to work like computers. It is not a negative part of our lives its a huge advantage in allowing us to save and manage our time better.

Rather than making us stupid, I think Google is just making our lives easier and allowing us to learn more than we ever have before. Without Google, our questions could remain unanswered forever. Now, with the click of a button we can find the answers and more to our questions faster with extra information. We can also multitask and manage our time better. More can be done in one day with Google than can be done in a week without it. This article asking if Google is making us stupid proves that Google is only helping us evolve.