is the Internet good for the mind？
Carr doesn't claim to have a research-vetted answer yet， only the hunch of a man who has studied and written about the way people's modes of thinking have been altered in the past， by new concepts of time， by the alphabet， by the printing press."I don't think 'stupid' is the right word，" he said. "I see the article as more being about how the Internet may be changing the way wee think， in a way that， to me， seems like a loss of something that has veen important…our capacity for contemplation. He is no Net basher. He says it's a "godsend" as an informative technology， simplifying and enriching work such as his by， for instance， turning days in libraries into hours online."There are plenty of people who think that the Net is great thing for thinking，" he said. " They would argue that it allows in some form， more of a collective intelligence to begin emerging， because we're connecting so quickly. Maybe there's a new intelligence that's a layer above individual intelligence. I'm very suspicious of that. I don't really see any evidence of anything interesting that I would term collective intelligence，" which he differentiates from collective actions， such as a social movement or Wikipedia.Whatever is happening， he is， he acknowledged， "a fatalist when it comes to these technological changes."it's hard to fight it as a society， there are lots of benefits， as individuals you can make a choice to read books， not to check your e-mail every 10 minutes."Oh， and you can try to do something online with this argument that doesn't， at least indirectly， prove his point. "There've been some smart comments， but nobody's sat down and dismantled the piece，" he said. "Most of the responses seem to be very fast and very brief， kind of， 'I agree or disagree."
Word
research-vetted （adj） reating to information that has been carefully examined to make certain it is acceptable， accurate or suitable
Net basher （n phr） someone who strongly criticizes the InternetGodsend （n） something good that happens unexpectedly and at a time when it is especially needed
Differentiates （v） to show or find the difference between one thing and another.
Fatalist （n） someone who believes that people cannot change the way events will happen and that events，
Dismantled （v） to take something complicated apart， or break it down into its parts.
Carr doesn't claim to have a research-vetted answer yet， only the hunch of a man who has studied and written about the way people's modes of thinking have been altered in the past， by new concepts of time， by the alphabet， by the printing press."I don't think 'stupid' is the right word，" he said. "I see the article as more being about how the Internet may be changing the way wee think， in a way that， to me， seems like a loss of something that has veen important…our capacity for contemplation. He is no Net basher. He says it's a "godsend" as an informative technology， simplifying and enriching work such as his by， for instance， turning days in libraries into hours online."There are plenty of people who think that the Net is great thing for thinking，" he said. " They would argue that it allows in some form， more of a collective intelligence to begin emerging， because we're connecting so quickly. Maybe there's a new intelligence that's a layer above individual intelligence. I'm very suspicious of that. I don't really see any evidence of anything interesting that I would term collective intelligence，" which he differentiates from collective actions， such as a social movement or Wikipedia.Whatever is happening， he is， he acknowledged， "a fatalist when it comes to these technological changes."it's hard to fight it as a society， there are lots of benefits， as individuals you can make a choice to read books， not to check your e-mail every 10 minutes."Oh， and you can try to do something online with this argument that doesn't， at least indirectly， prove his point. "There've been some smart comments， but nobody's sat down and dismantled the piece，" he said. "Most of the responses seem to be very fast and very brief， kind of， 'I agree or disagree."
Word
research-vetted （adj） reating to information that has been carefully examined to make certain it is acceptable， accurate or suitable
Net basher （n phr） someone who strongly criticizes the InternetGodsend （n） something good that happens unexpectedly and at a time when it is especially needed
Differentiates （v） to show or find the difference between one thing and another.
Fatalist （n） someone who believes that people cannot change the way events will happen and that events，
Dismantled （v） to take something complicated apart， or break it down into its parts.