Topic > Summary of “Google is making USupid” by Nicholas Carr

Carr believed that the process of change began with the appearance of the mechanical clock in the 14th century. The existence of the clock, as Carr put it, transformed the “abstract structure of divided time” into the “reference point of both action and thought.” This device leads us to think of processing everything “like clockwork,” without realizing that the change in our way of thinking also affects ourselves on a biological level. Our mind no longer satisfies our sensations, but rather divides what we want to do into specific sessions with the new concept of “time”. Going back to the original point about our reading, Maryanne Wolf, a developmental psychologist, also said that our reading style nowadays, due to the Internet, has transformed into a different reading style – “one reading style that puts 'efficiency' and 'immediacy' above all else. This style of reading, once again, shows the change in our mindset. We aim for the quick result and ignore the process. Let's stop asking ourselves “how, where and why” and simply accept the answers that are given to us, because it would be faster that way. The search for “efficiency” and “immediacy” not only influences our thoughts and behaviors, but also influences the society in which we live. The NewYork Times has already turned the second and third pages of each edition into article abstracts, since the editor believed that such a change would benefit readers by providing them with a quick, short version of daily news and saving them from the method" less efficient" which consists of turning the page and reading the articles. At Google headquarters, engineers and scientists work on artificial intelligence and as one of Google's founders said in an interview: “If you had all the information in the world directly connected to your brain,