Technology has a great influence on our daily lives. Electronic devices, multimedia and computers are things we deal with every day. The Internet is the largest network in the world and is widely used throughout the world. It has huge potential and a lot to offer in terms of services. Using the internet has given us instant access to vast amounts of information and helps us stay in touch with friends and colleagues. But our addiction to it has a dark side. The Internet, with its constant distractions and interruptions, is turning us into scattered and superficial thinkers. The accessibility of the Internet has changed the way we process information by reducing our concentration, made unreliable information available, and changed the way we interact with others. The Internet is changing our lives by making us process information differently than the way we processed information in the past. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains" by Nicholas Carr, believes that the Web is a valuable tool, but thinks it has a negative effect on his concentration. Carr believes that people lose concentration more easily than before and instead of reading material , they are browsing it (Carr 58). This may be due to the fact that web pages are full of links and people skip important texts. For this reason, people who read on the Internet understand less than those who read the words printed on pages Because of the availability of the Internet, we think less deeply and rely on quick facts, instead of using critical thinking and research. The Internet has become a universal means of accessing information, but at the same time it is affecting our ability to read books and other long narrative… middle of paper… sprocket This tends to cause people to become less tolerant of beliefs different from their own. As a result people are becoming much more extreme in what they believe. If technology continues to grow at the rapid rate it has, we will most likely read books even less than we already do and the Internet will increasingly be a primary source. Works Cited Carr, Nicholas. “Is Google making us stupid?” The Atlantic.com website. July/August 2008. August 19, 2008.Deresiewicz, William. “Fake friendship”. (E)Dentity. Ed. Stephanie Vie. Southlake: Fountainhead Press, 2011. 47-60. Print.Johnson, Steven. “The dawn of the digital natives”. (E)Dentity. Ed. Stephanie Vie.Southlake: Fountainhead Press, 2011. 23-28. Print.Johnson, Steven. “The Things People Say: Rumors in an Age of Unreasonable Things.” (E)Dentity. Ed. Stephanie Vie. Southlake: Fountainhead Press, 2011. 105-114. Press.