In the essay, "Is Google Making us Stupid?" Carr points out this idea of how Google and other internet resources are shortening our attention span, and making us get bored easily. He uses scientist facts of how paper and screens can be bad for our eyes if we stare at it for to long. His friends have also experienced the same issue as him, that they can barely read something with out wanting to skim it. I agree and disagree with his concept. Mainly because it varies on the kind of texts that I have to read. I can easily read and stay focused with fun facts and entertaining information, or fun books. But when it comes to overloading amounts of historical facts, I feel the need to skim through it. I don't feel like Google is making us stupid. Because it may make it easier for us to search something but we are being taught how to search through the right kinds of information and avoiding Wikipedia.
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