BLOG POST #4

In the present day people have their own opinions on how technology has affected our mind. To be more specific the internet has become a huge problem because of the way it’s taking over our attention spans and reading habits. Instead of looking for way to legitimately search for information people tend to use the internet because it’s a faster more convenient way. Moreover what the internet has basically done is replace the idea of doing research through books and actually reading instead of skimming through text. I believe that the internet is damaging our attention spans and reading habits by making everything easier to find. What it really causes us to do is loose interest in actually picking up a book and reading it. Due to the internet having everything already summed up. I believe that the internet has a great impacted on how we currently see the world. Although the internet is faster way to go about things its consequences   are negative. Nicholas Carr says “Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article use to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of argument, and I’d spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose. That’s rarely the case anymore. My concentration often starts to drift after two or three page” (19). The negative effect that we all now experience is being able to read long book without any difficulties. In conclusion I believe that the internet has affected our attention spans and reading habits due to technology over powering sources that once you to be more valuable.