Googling Does a Brain Bad
Question - - -
Is the Internet eroding our attention span?
Carr wrote an essay; who’d he think would read it
Over 500 words, I’d have to concede it
Intrigued me at first; caught my attention
He’d use that many words simply to mention
That the hard-wired brain of the typical man
Typically has the attention span
Of three minutes or less when watching a scene
Or three paragraphs read, you know what I mean
He used too many words to get it across
Our reading ability has come at a loss
We’ve come to a point where we think it divine
To channel-surf TV while searching on line
We get snippets of this and snippets of that
And that my dear friends is where our brains are at
And even this poem, though it is shorter than most
We all can agree is a little verbose
And to tell you the truth, Carr’s lengthy essay
Was too long to read through on this busy day
I read a few lines in a section or two
Then stopped to write this, his perception is true
He lost my attention with so many words
My recommendation – cut it down by two thirds
Or better yet – make this an attraction
Draw a funny cartoon with your thoughts in the caption!
Mdailey Placed 7th in the contest
Nicholas G. Carr (born 1959) is an American writer who has published books and
articles on technology, business, and culture. His rather lengthy essay on what the
internet is doing to our brains in the Atlantic Monthly has been debated hither and
yon across the blogging community.
Copyright © Mike Dailey | Year Posted 2011
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