Analysis Of The Lost Art Of Reading By David Ulin

“The Lost Art of Reading,” by David Ulin

According to the article “The Lost Art of Reading,” by Ulin, David in the Los Angeles Times, reveals to us his difficulty with winding himself down to read. He doesn’t only have trouble, with winding down but he also has trouble with sitting down to read. The writer goes on to say and I quote “These days, however, after spending hours reading e-mails and fielding phone calls in the office, tracking stories across countless websites, I find it difficult to quiet down. I pick up a book and read a paragraph; then my mind wanders and I check my e-mail, drift onto the Internet, pace the house before returning to the page,”(Ulin, David).
In addition to his difficulty the writer goes on to talk about how

It is normal for us to fear something that we don’t know. Some of us may not agree but the writer paints a pretty clear picture in simple terms. He goes on to say and I quote, “If electronic media were hazardous to intelligence, the quality of science would be plummeting,” (Parker, Steven).
In addition to the point that he was trying to make, the writer goes on to mention how convenient it is for scientists to access anything they need or want. On the other hand, some would say that our new technology only prohibits us from having to use our brain which leads us to limit us from expanding our attention span. The writer brought up a good point by mentioning the misconceptions that people had when comic books and video games. It was quite the contrary.
As our technologies continues to evolve we will see the effects it has on us. The writer goes on to say that by using the internet and will information being so available to us only cripples us from seeing the information but not retaining the information. The major concern would be on how much are we really maximizing on our potential to the

According to (Carr, Nicholas-3), "I've had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory. My mind isn't going – so far as I can tell – but it's changing.
We can all look at the moral panic that the new network has placed on us or does it carry some validity. Our technology with communications has transformed us and it continues to change society. Now let’s place some focus on our new network technology and limitless possibilities that it can have on our society. Yes, just like anything else it is going to have an impact on our brains. As mentioned, by (Carr-3) with our brains being made up of “plasticity,” then this can change our neuronal structures in our brain with doing something that is