Internet Response

    The internet and websites on the internet like google don't make us stupid.  Internet is more of a distraction.  The internet is a vast and unending stream of information.  It is also a quick way of gathering information.  If people have access to a quick and vast information source rather than spending hours finding information in a book, they will surf the internet for the information.  People value their time.  They probably want to spend their time doing other things than spending hours reading a book for information.  Granted, people will probably spend some of that time on social media like facebook or twitter.  They will also probably spend their time on other websites on the internet for their own personal interests. 
    The internet is a great tool for gathering information but it does have cons and pros.  It is great for information and communication.  You can access the internet from almost anywhere now where there is a computer or if you have a computer and there is a wifi signal.  The internet can even be accessed through phones and ipods.  So it is a very convenient to a lot of people and people like that.  People read more now since the internet age started.  They read more now than a couple decades ago like what Carr stated in his article.  Reading more is a great thing but the internet has made it so people will most likely only read things they are interesting in or entertained by rather than more education purposes.  Everyday the internet is used for education purposes but people will only gather the core information they need or want.  They just take pieces of that information rather than a whole or in more detail like a book would more likely have.  It is understandable why people do that.  The information on the internet is infinite and there is new information being added every second of the day.  Not one person can absorb all the knowledge so we just pick and choose the in information we want or need.  When we do search for information on the web for school or work, we might have something like facebook going on at the same time.  We end up getting distracted by facebook as we are searching for information.  This causes us to multitask so we spend more time trying to accomplish our main goal.  So, it is like a win lose situation in that we have fast easy access to information but there are also distractions that slow us from our main goal. 
   We take the internet for granted now.  It is everywhere and is in most of our everyday lives.  Having all that information at our disposal does distract us from everyday life.  We can be having a conversation with someone or be working and an email will pop up on our smartphone.  Something like that we take for granted and we might think it's important so we must check that email.  It ends up being a distraction from what we are currently doing.  Also, it might offend people around you and that's not a good thing.  The internet is great tool for us depending on how we use it.  The internet will only make us stupid if we choose to make us stupid.  If we accept a lot of false information rather than facts then we might be stupid.  It is more of a distraction than anything because it is so involved in our daily lives.  The internet may not be a distraction for everyone but it is for us to decide how we will us it.