Reading the chapter five of the shallows, was very educational. The author writes about the origin and development of the computer. It all started as imaginary computing device to what we know today as the one device that does it i all. Little by little the computer has replaced many other devices such as ; the calculator, typewriter, telephone, libraries. Helping us to be more proficient and productive but at the same time it also creates many distractions. The author mentions that today people read more that in the past because they always have a screen in front of them but they are unable to do long readings because all the distractions jumping from one reading to another.