The following essay will explain how the ideas contained in “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” » by Nicholas Carr, is expressed in the futuristic novel Feed, by MT Anderson. The first of many ideas conveyed in Carr's article is that the brain is malleable like plastic. To explain this, neuroscience professor James Olds states that “nerve cells regularly break old connections and form new ones” (Carr 4). This means that the human brain modifies its functioning based on the information manipulated by the neurons. In the novel Feed, brain malleability is implied in the climax of the story. The stream works like a computer chip inserted directly into a person's brain. The climax of the story occurs when Titus and his group of friends have their brain chips hacked. Before the attack, Violet, one of the main characters, never questioned the society in which she lives. However, after her brain chip was affected, her thoughts and brain functions rewired themselves and from there she begins to think about society. Considering the climax of the story, the novel illustrates how even a brain chip cannot stop the natural property of malleability of the human brain. Additionally, Carr's article mentions that when using technology of any kind, users tend to embody the characteristics stimulated by that technology. He argues that because the Internet processes information almost immediately, users will tend to value immediacy. To explain, Carr gives the example of a friend of his, Scott Karp, who was studying literature at university and was an avid book reader. However, since the advent of the Internet, Karp has been skimming articles online because he can no longer read as much as he used to. He can no longer pay attention and absorb long texts since reading articles online. Internet...... middle of paper ......feed, a virtual shopping assistant suggests stores and items related to the user's previous purchases. Just like Google, assistants try to give buyers what they want. Pop-up ads are also quite common. For example, when Titus is sad in part of a novel, a pop-up ad appears on his feed suggesting he take antidepressants, without him wanting to buy any medication. This bombardment of consumer-targeted ads is similar to the information bombardment of Google trying to find the best results for you. In summary, the article and novel criticize the public's reliance on technology. This topic is relevant today because Feed because it can indicate how scary the future society may seem. Works Cited Anderson, MT Feed. Candlewick Press, 2002. Carr, Nicolas. “Is Google making us stupid? » the Atlantic (2008).