Hard Print Nicholas Carr Analysis

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I believe that one of Nicholas Carr's main points is, that the Internet is interfering with the way that people learn. Before technology people would read books such as hard print, and be able to focused and much more aware. Carr feels that the Internet, and technology is actually making people stupid. Years ago, people were only able to focus on one thing at a time . The beginning of maps helped people to open up their thought process to be able to focus on more than one thing. Nicholas Carr stated that people are able to read hard print and stay in the moment of what their reading. While reading hard print, people were more reflective while reading, and would not get so distracted as when using the Internet. Carr also believes that the

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