Blog Post on Carr

Carr believes that the internet has made our mind before "artificial" and has made it harder to read material. He thinks that before being able to use the internet to find information and research that we were forced to look up books and read more thus making us smarter. This makes sense to me when I read it. What struck me as humorous was when reading the article I did just as he says by losing concentration and I started to drift or scan the pages due to boredom or because I wanted to move on to the next activity in my busy life. It is hard for me to read a 15 page article on something that does not interst me and at that point I begin to scan and use my "fake reading". It is difficult to focus my attention on something that does not interst me.For example, I love to read Harry Potter. It never gets old to me to hear all of the new adventures and ideas of the book. Same as reading love stories such as the Notebook. I get caught up in books still in this age. Also, this reminds me of how I love music and can sit on Itunes for hours downloading music of my choice before even thinking about reading the essay for my Com. class.Carr believes that the pre-internet readers are like scuba divers because they take their time and have to learn how to do the task. In contrast he believes that the internet readers are more like jet skiers in that we scan things fast and go over work like they go over waves as fast as possible to get to the next destination.I can be a scuba diver in these situations when reading because I am interested in the material. Yet, I am a jet skier when it comes to reading for a class that does not interst me. My point is that the most important part of being either a jet skier or a scuba diver is whether or not you are interested in the material. These intersts keep my attention because I do not lose focus and I enjoy reading more than having to look up information. My attention is kept if I can relate to the material being read. Even if it is not real, such as Harry Potter, I still enjoy dreaming up the ideas. There is no focus if this materal in not relateable. This is because we have been taught as children by the teachers wanting us to be entertained when learning. We must have games to learn mathmatics and prizes if we read fast. These are examples that I have been through and that I believe has been a suggestion of why I cannot focus on information being read unless it is interesting and relateable.-HLT