Is Google Making us Stupid?

Is Google making us stupid? This is Nicholas Carr's question in a very detailed article he wrote titled "Is Google Making us Stupid?" Carr believes that the extremely accessible knowledge we can gain from any internet source at the touch of a finger today has ruined our drive to go to any type of depth to access information. The way he explains how his thinking process is broken down now is almost identical to the subconscious thoughts I was having while I was reading the article. Carr explains that as he is reading a large piece of work, his brain just almost refuses to take time to read every word, and only skims it. Our brains are so used to the simplicity to access information that any type of hard work is just rejected. In "Socrates Nightmare" that we discussed in class on Monday explains literacy as the ability not only to just simply read and write, but also the ability to interact with the text and have your own ideas and thoughts that you are able to share, not just skim through. Carr's argument of literacy is very similar to the other article's definition. They both believe that it is the ability to be able to understand and really pay attention to the text that is being studied. The main claim Carr makes to support this argument is his own personal experience. This evidence is effective, but studied of other people also included would be a stronger argument. So what? People have to take it upon themselves to  make themselves actually, truly literate and interactive.