I'll have a quotation sandwich please

In his artice, " Is Google Making us Stupid?" the author Nicholas Carr writes, "Never has a communication system played so many roles in our lives-or exerted such broad influence over our thoughts-as the internet does today." What Carr is saying here is that we have slowly started to rely on the web for more and more things. The rate that this technology is growing is alarming, and we have let it become such a large part of our lives. The internet net as a whole is not a bad thing, it is how we use it, how we abuse it, and how it has taken control of our thought processes that is eye opening. Society has accepted and craved the internet like a kid and his presents on Christmas morning. The world wide web is not the devil step child, but letting it control lives like the way it does for some is just plain scary.


In his article, "Lazy Eyes" Michael Agger fills his on screen article with attention getting tactics to proove his point that, "Humans are informavores. On the internet, we hunt for facts. In earlier days, when switching between sites was time-consuming, we tended to stay in one place and dig. Now we assess a site quickly, look for an information scent then move on if nothing is there." What Agger is saying here is that we are changing the way we use computers and its resources. We used to spend time on the internet embracing it, when it was slow, new, and lacked depth. But now that there is infinate sites on one topic, we often surf the internet only staying connected with it long enough to see if it's what we're looking for. If we dont find it: double click and we move on. The internet has been a useful tool and an amazing display of how technology can grow and how fast we can adapt to it. The tendencies that have been born with more information and faster web speed are not the greatest habits to own. The internet used responsibly can be a useful tool, but we all know how hard it is to stay focused and connected to one thing at a time. Is this the internet's fault? Or is it just a problem we have created for ourselves as we are introduced to new technologies and new ways to learn and take in information.