Nicholas Carr tells readers about his inability to read long articles or books. He attributed this to google/”the world wide web.” He also discusses how his literary friends feel the same way. These are people who used to read often and made careers out of writing and reading various texts.

My question is this: how does the internet affect those people who are not literary and don’t read books/articles often? Do they benefit from at least some type of literacy, or are there adverse effects?