In the chapter "Search, Memory" from The Shallows, Nicholas Carr dicusses how the internet and technology may possibly be replacing our memory. He claims, "Our embrace of the idea that computer databases provide an effective and even superior substitute for personal memory is not particularly surprising...as the machines we use to store data have become more voluminous, flexible, and responsive, we've grown accustomed to the blurring of artificial and biological memory" (181). I don't exactly agree that the internet is a substitute for our memory. As the internet and technology continues to develop our memory is not being replaced by it. In a way, it can challenge the way we learn and think.
-Leah A.
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