August 23, 2011 In Class Writing

The point in the Carolina Reader assignment that I remember most, was the point Johnathan Carr was making about how Google was making people "stupid".  I don't think he was meaning for readers to take it literally that Google was making us stupid, but that the fact that Google has made the use of texts and books more obsolete.  He gives an example in the text that as a writer he used to spend hours in the periodical rooms of libraries researching his topic and now he merely skims papers and articles because he no longer is able to concentrate and delve into long articles. I remember this because I find myself in the same boat in that I am more likely to Google a topic and skim the article for the specific things I am looking for rather than read the entire article.