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Internet Make You Dumber

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According to article “Does the Internet Make you Dumber” by Nicholas Carr, the internet takes our concentration and focus. Studies show that, traditional linear text readers understand more than who read online. There was an experiment at Cornell University, and that experiment shows that who used the internet did worse on their job than who did not used the internet. We are losing ability to think more deeply and our concentration about our lives. Books let us focus on the reading while internet distracts us from reading. Reading a book makes us smarter because reading makes our brain stronger. Author also mentions that, if you do not like reading a book then you can go back to your wild life, fighting animals. There are two ideas from the …show more content…

Article states that we are sacrificing our power to concentrate because of using the internet in this quote “It seems that we are sacrificing our ability to practice quiet concentration and thought with all our surfing and searching on the internet.”(Par 4) Again, I strongly disagree with this quote because I can concentrate pretty well when I am surfing on the internet. Well, according to the article I have no concentration. But as I can see, I can concentrate. The article was biased, that is why I do not believe everything in this article. If you ever feel like you cannot concentrate just search “how to concentrate” on the internet. It will give you tips and tricks to concentrate. Look how creative I am. We do not sacrifice our concentration when we surf on the web, we are just doing our work in a fun way. Most of the time I dislike doing one thing at a time, like just reading a book. I like multitasking, and I cannot multitask while I am reading a book. I read my books online and by reading online I can multitask, concentrate and have fun while I am reading it. As a conclusion the article states that reading book is more beneficial than surfing on the web. Surfing on the internet takes our concentration. The internet surfers are less productive and creative than the book readers. In my opinion this article is biased and some of the information is untrue. We are using the Internet for more than 20+ years. If the

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