In this section of the book, he starts off with some things about what the internet is doing to us and how we have this fear of being out of the social loop, like being invisible. He also tells us about the differences between hypertext and hypermedia, and there impact on readers. He then runs tests and practices on different groups of people, mostly college students, to see how they affect the brain and how the brain works. Then he finishes with the world of Google and social networks and how they were born and how they affect us.
Nicholas Carr cites Gary Small, a psychiatry professor at UCLA who also believes in the theory that the internet changes the brain. He states that, “The current explosion of digital technology not only is changing the way we live and communicate but is rapidly and profoundly altering our brains” (Carr 120). I completely agree with both of them because I feel like the internet has changed me. I’m sure some people disagree, but they are probably in denial. It definitely changed the way I live, because now I have to incorporate Facebook into my schedule and now I can use it for so many things that I couldn’t before and it is a lot easier and faster. I get a feel of safety I guess when I realize I can do something online. When I need to get a hold of someone and they aren’t answering my calls or texts, I say “oh its okay, I can just catch them on Facebook!”
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