Summary of Carr's essay

In Nicholas Carr's article "Is Google Making us Stupid?" he says "My mind isn't going...but it's changing. I'm not thinking the way I used to think." Also "...media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation." Carr is trying to say that he isn't thinking the way used to because the net has changed his way of thinking and how he concentrates. He says that he used to be able to read long articles or books easily but using the internet as often as he has he has found that focusing on these articles and books is difficult to concentrate on and get the deep meaning. His mind starts to wonder after the first few paragraphs or pages. He has found that it is the same with others too. It is harder to concentrate with the use of the internet. People start to think the way the internet gives off information, taking information fast just by putting a topic into a search engine. People don't read deep into articles but instead skim the surface and change from link to link.