"Is GoogleMaking Us Stupid?"

1. Is our intelligence actually "flattening into artificial intelligence?"
2. If people are becoming more robotic, what is the effect on emotions?
3. Realistically how many people feel less capable of focusing on a text since the increased use of the Net?
4. If new forms of reading are indeed emerging, how does that affect writing?
5. With advances in the convenience of researching getting information online, has patience been affected?
6. Has the quick pace and attention-robbing qualities of the Net affected our abilities to slow down and reflect on situations, and our lives?

As I read Carr's article, I consistently found myself relating it to Gopnik's piece.  Specifically, I noted many similarities between the two.  Both pieces admit the clear advance in technology, and the creation and use of the Internet.  The blatant fact of convenience was also quite clear.  Times have changed and it is much easier to obtain a greater amount of information, at a much faster pace these days.  For example, Google allows researchers and curious folks to obtain various definitions and concepts simpling by typing his/her topic of curiousity in the search bar.  However, as both articles relay, this convenience opens doors of distraction.  With the click of a mouse, multiple advertisements, and links are readily available.  Thus, the user's attention is scattered.  Both Gopnik and Carr recognize that steady Internet use results in changes at the neurological level.