Abstract of Carr's Article

CLAIM
- Although it might seem overly-skeptical, Carr worries that Google is encouraging us to rely too heavily on the internet to do research for us, and that one day the work achieved now by human minds will be replaced by computers.

STATEMENT OF CLAIM
- "And what the net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation."

SUBCLAIMS
- People have a tendency to glorify technology
- What we write with changes how and what we write
- Old media has to adopt the ways of new media
- There are many ways to become distracted on the internet

SUPPORT
- Ever since the clock was invented, we base when we eat, sleep, etc. on specific times as oppoesd to following our natural instincts
- When Nietzsche started to use the typewriter, his writings went "from arguments to aphorisms"
- There are links leading to other links and articles and scrolls along the bottom of news shows giving us even more headlines to absorb
- Newspapers like the New York Times use snippets of news stories to provide people with only what they feel is the necessary information about an issue

WARRANTS
- People reading this article use Google a lot and are familiar with the internet in general
- In general, people have had similar experiences with distractions and a decrease in concentration