The Progression of the Internet

              On page 92 of The Shallows Carr states “Our use of the Net will only grow, and its impact on us will only strengthen, as it becomes ever more present in our lives.  Like the clock in the book before it the computer continues to get smaller and cheaper as technology advances.  Inexpensive laptops gave us the ability to take the ability to take the internet with us when we left our office or our home.  But the laptop was itself a cumbersome device, and connecting one to the internet was not always easy.  The introduction of the tiny netbook and the even tinier smartphone solves those problems.  Powerful pocket-sized computers like the Apple iPhone, Motorolla Droid, and the Google Nexus 1L come bundled with internet access.  Along with in cooperation of the internet services and do everything from car dashboards to tell televisions to the cabins of airplanes, these small devices promise to more deeply integrate the web into our everyday activities, making our universal medium all the more universal.”

                This is an important excerpt from The Shallows because it talks about the development of technology and how things have gotten smaller, handier, and more convenient.  This is a big reason why technology has become such a big part of people’s everyday lives.  Today’s world is all about the fast paced world and how to do things faster and quicker.  It was only obvious that one day something better would come around and people would drop books.  And once computers were invented they just got better and better.  The world of technology has truly evolved since the creation of the internet.

                The fact that there are now things as small as cell phones with the access of the internet on it is mind blowing if you think about it.  When computers were first created a few decades ago they were these huge things that would take up entire rooms.  At this point the internet wasn’t even created and they were not anywhere near capable of doing what they can do today.  And then desktops were created.  Desktops were a lot smaller in size and now people could have personal and business computers.  Technology improved e even more and laptops were created.   Laptops allowed people to transport the internet and their computer with them.  Not only were they smaller in size but they were smaller and more efficient.   Now these hand held devices give us the ability to access the entire World Wide Web in once click of a button.

                Carr mentions a lot of negatives in his book The Shallows.  But if you look at the use of the internet and how it has changed our lives it really has created a brand new world of possibilities and helpfulness.

Angeli Hajali