“There’s a whole realm of thought that I think is very important to the richness of our personal intellectual lives and also very important to the building of our culture that requires an attentive mind” (Carr, 2008). Social communication is essential in this era and the expansion of the technological age is revealing its dominance in internet use. There are rising issues of concern that believe that the internet is causing visual stimulation, distraction issues, and overall altering the way we think. In some countries like China and Korea, “internet addiction” has become a primary public health concern (Greenbalt, 2010, pg 773). The internet has made profound effects on the way we live our lives and has altered the way we think Are we too connected to the internet? To understand the effects of the internet on our brain, there must be a firm understanding of how connected people are to the internet. In today’s world, people are more connected to the internet then they have ever been before. There is no question that Americans are engaging in non-stop electronic media. Some would argue that without their Blackberry or e-mail, they are lost. Eric Wohlschlegel, a writer from the issue, says he “Feels unconnected from the world without his electronics”. When he is not around his phone, he is either hearing faint rings or feeling “phantom vibrations” in which he feels his phone vibrate, but is not really there (Greenbalt, 2010, pg 775).. A study taken at Ball State University reveals that on average Americans spend about 8.5 hours looking at screens such as televisions, computer monitors, phones, etc. Nicholas Carr, the author of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” published an informational article on the negative effects the internet has on our brain. He argues that the internet is a tool that speaks to our brain the movement, imagery, and novelty parts in which these parts of our brain do not allow themselves into deep thinking (Carr, 2008). There is no doubt that society is becoming too connected and maybe even addicted to the internet. The even bigger concern is it is altering the way we think. The internet is more like an outsourced brain or an extra hard drive to back up information we don’t store in our brains. With this, there is no need for more information to be stored in our brain. Rather than storing material, we do so digitally allowing our brains to not have to remember specific information. Remember the days of having to remember a friend’s phone num