In Nicholas Carr's article "Google Makes Us Stupid," he argues that most people don't think about it. He believes that the Internet is influencing the human thought process and how we process information in our technological age. Carr references Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey a lot, where he uses this story as a starting point to describe how the Internet influenced him. Carr focuses primarily on the scene in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which a supercomputer, HAL, is blown to pieces by the same man he was trying to kill. He uses this reference to reinforce his statement as he begins to describe how technology has affected him in a negative way. Nicholas Carr begins to explain how scattered his mind has become since using the Internet. He begins by saying that "something has been tinkering with my brain, remapping neural circuits, reprogramming memory." (9). He then goes on to say that he can barely concentrate on a long article or story without his mind wandering off the topic of whatever he's reading. After explaining what happened to him, he refers to friends, family and even acquaintances, who say they experience the same problem. One of the greatest examples he gives is that of a fellow blogger who is also a literature major. Scott Karp, the blogger Carr refers to, says he has stopped reading books altogether. “I was a literature major in college and was a voracious reader of books,” he wrote. "What happened?" On the answer he hypothesizes: "What if I always read on the web not so much because the way I read has changed, that is, I'm just looking for convenience, but because the way I THINK has changed?" (48)After providing more... half of the document......ernet influenced him in a negative way, which in turn makes his argument much more credible and easier to defend. Carl Zimmer on the other hand presents minimal evidence, although he takes it from David Crystal's book: Texting: The Gr8 Db8 in which he points out that "texting actually improves your literacy, as it gives you more practice in reading and writing." 25). Unfortunately his lack of personal references ultimately makes his argument inferior to that of CarrWorks CitedCarr, Nicholas. “Google is making us stupid.” The Atlantic. Np, 01 July 2008. Web. 30 September 2013. .Zimmer, Carl. "How Google is making us smart." Discover. Np, 15 January 2009. Web. 12 November 2013. .