Well, this is a bit late so I apologize to my group if they were trying to comment on my blog and it was not there. So I am just going to do it now, obviously. The article was interesting and I agreed with the entire thing pretty much. When Carr said that “Research once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes”, I could totally relate to that. Now I just need a computer with internet access. Every time I need to know something, I can easily just go online and look it up. It does not even matter what it is about. The web is very big and gets updated and just grows bigger everyday. For most people, the web helps save time and a lot of energy.
On the other hand, Carr mentions that “the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation”. This is very true because of experience. Since I usually go on the internet once a day now, I feel like I have way less patience for other things now. I feel like since the net goes so fast, that everything else should go that fast too. This also goes along with my concentration because I used to be able to sit on the couch doing my homework for like four hours straight without getting up and now I can barley stay concentrated for an hour at home.
Overall, I think the web was created and was intended to must ease everyone’s lives. However, for some people, it can make their ability to think for them to decrease and thus, make them less smart. My opinion on the subject is that I like the internet’s ability to make things faster and easier as long as people do not overuse it and it makes them loose concentration.