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In Nicholas Carr's Is Google Making Us Stupid, I disagree because all Google is doing is giving us a faster way to do what we have done for century's and that is get the information as fast as we can. We have two ways to read. The first is when we want or have to acquire information on a topic that we are interested in and the second is when we simply want to acquire needed information as quickly as possible. We have always skimmed the text for information. It doesn't mean we are stupid or that the human race is getting any dumber. When you look for information in a textbook you try to find it in the quickest possible way. Its not like you actually remember what you skim while finding the date of a something for school. People, like our parents, have used Cliff notes in high school to get the summarized version of a book. Don't tell me that you remember everything you read or that humans ever did. Our brains summarize things. So we get the same amount information either way. If I need to get information fast, I will go to Google and look it up. On the other hand, when I read something that I am interested in or need to retain the information, like a novel, I have no trouble staying focused for more than two or three pages like this guy. I just started a new book which is called Lone Survivor and i got way past three pages and was still hooked. And it’s not like this Author is good at writing the only reason why he wrote this story is so people could remember his three Friends bravery. Maybe Nicholas Carr is just getting old. So I think we can use Google to our own advantage and use as a learning recourse and advance education into the twenty first century. And with Google’s quick gathering of information’s businesses can take advantages of it and be able to discover information or post information that is vital to the company. This will have a very positive effect for the world.  In my personal conclusion I believe that Google is not making us stupider it just gave us a faster way to do what we always have done and that is find the quickest way to get information so Google is not making us stupid.