I never had a chance to blog last week on the first part of Nicholas Carr's The Shadows, so here it is. I think it was interesting how he feels that the mighty power that is the internet is making us dumb. This is interesting to me because the world wide web is perceived as a place of knowing and knowledge. His feelings lead me back to a discussion that we had in class three weeks ago, when we talked about the speed of things does not allow our brains to process anything deeply. This said, it makes me agree with what Carr is saying because knowing that information, pictures, what have you, are there, why internalize it?, or better yet, why take the time to thoroughly process it when it will always be on the internet where we can always access it.
Thinking about the reasons behind this, it's almost like the internet is becoming our second brain. I believe our reasons for liking instant gratification stem from the fact unlike our own brains, the internet won't forget anything. It can store infinite information and can access anything and everything at first thought, and the click of a mouse. That's crazy.
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