Carr at the beginning asks us “What can science tell us about the actual effects that Internet use is having on the way our minds work?” Carr finds that the internet promotes distracted thinking. Carr also states “The net is an interruption system, a machine geared for dividing attention.”

Carr reinforces that idea with a plethora of experts and experiment findings. One expert, Gary Small, had an experiment showing the use of the internet, even only for five hours, can drastically change neurological pathways. Another expert John Sweller,  elaborates on short-term and long-term memory and explains that we have a harder time forming long-term memories through media. Two Canadian scholars in 2001 found that a group reading plain text routinely scored better on memory and read time than the hyperlink-text group.

In summation, Carr suggests we are rewiring our brains. Maybe in ways that are self harmful to the attention span.