I'm not the traditional person sitting in a restaurant with my nose glued to my phone or my fingers busy texting, but I see people doing this type of thing constantly. But I certainly can identify in part with the concerns in Carr's essay that we are increasingly dependent on the Internet. On the contrary, however, I am not sure that I agree with his statement that over time the Internet will change our entire cognitive development. This is a very strong assumption and may or may not be true because there are no long-term studies to prove yet, however, over time there will likely be a number of long-term neurological and psychological studies performed to adequately address these concerns, but The internet simply hasn't been around long enough to provide reliable results. I'm a firm believer in the internet and technology in general, but I decided a long time ago not to get sucked in and that's what seems to have happened to a lot of people over time. If I don't control myself, most of the time I sit at the computer, maybe just surfing around for nothing in particular or listening to music. If I bought an iPhone, I would definitely be tempted to use it to its fullest capabilities. I don't want to spend mine