In Chapter 9 of the Shallows, Carr claims that people have stopped trying to keep every single bit of information in their own memory because that information can be retrieved through the Internet. He quotes Clive Thompson saying, "the Net is an outboard brain that is taking over the role previously played by inner memory. I've almost given up making an effort to remember anything because I can instantly retrieve the information online."I think this is partially true, people don't have to remember everything they have ever seen, heard, learned or experienced because we have such tools as the Internet which allow us to instantly call up any information we want. However, this is one of the reasons the Internet is such a great modern-day tool. It allows us to do so much and learn about anything we would like. I think that this aspect of the Internet as a learning tool is what Carr is missing from this book. He always writes about how  Internet usage is diminishing our attention spans, and decreasing our ability to learn, but what he does not realize is that the Internet is a very useful tool in education, but Carr does not seems to mention this. The Internet is very resourceful for research, or any question that one might have, but Carr sees it as a tool of destruction in regard to our brains. I understand that the Internet probably has changed the way that people think and remember things, but so did books, and I don't understand why Carr can not simply point out some of the amazing opportunities that the Internet makes available, instead of always bashing it.
-Theresa Pallotta