Okay, I'll just jump right into my thoughts on this article:

While the intial title of this article is to me a tad misleading, I do agree with the message of the article. I myself have experienced the same ADD-like symptoms that Nichola Carr and others described. "Media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation."

And perhaps the trade-off for this internet age will be worth it. The gains in knowledge, progess, and efficiency may benefit our generation in ways that far out way any criticisms. However, I agree with Carr that it is changing us and we have to consider what these changes mean for us as individuals.

I also found Carr's discussion of Friedrich Nietzsche and how the method through which we communicate affects what we communicate. I know that I much prefer to write 1st drafts of my creative writing by hand and in cute notebooks; my mind feels far more relaxed and able to let ideas flow. (In fact, I've begun to consider writing the first draft of my academic essays by hand before typing it) Prior to reading this article, I had not been willing to take seriously the fact that how you do something can affect what you are doing, but why not?

Done! I think...