Alina Tugend's Essay 'Is Google Making USupid'
16 Oct 2013
Technology
Look back at our day so far, how many people have we seen ignoring the world around them, not paying attention to the cashier or not absorbing the information in class? In Alina Tugend essay, multitasking can make you lose…Um... focus, she reported that multitasking may seem like it saves people time however, it makes people less efficient. It may be true that technology provides us with time-saving devices like push to cars, cell-phones that consist of 4G internet access, and washing machines with built in dyers; however most of us still complain about not having enough time. Like everything else in the world, technology has its pros and cons; it affects peoples’ concentration, writing skills, and what we consider …show more content…
In Nicholas Carr’s essay, Is Google Making Us Stupid, he states, “research that once required days in the stacks or periodical room of libraries can now be done in minutes” (732). The use of technology is very beneficial and time efficient, however does the pros overcome the cons? Carr also discusses the fight against technology to stay focus; since now a day, “…three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb” (733). I reckoned that we must realize that reading doesn’t come natural like speech does. We must keep training ourselves to read no matter if it’s in a paperback book or an online blogging site without …show more content…
“Just One More Game…: Angry Birds, Farmville, and Other Hyperaddictive
Stupid Games.” The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings. Richard Bullock and
Maureen Daly Goggin. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013. 64-69 Print.
Carr, Nicholas. “Is Google Making Us Stupid” The Norton Field Guide to Writing with
Readings. Richard Bullock and Maureen Daly Goggin. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.731-744. Print.
Cullington, Michaela. “Does texting affect writing” The Norton Field Guide to Writing with
Readings. Richard Bullock and Maureen Daly Goggin. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.87-95. Print.
Tugend, Alina. “ Multitasking can make us lose…Um…Focus.” The Norton Field Guide to
Writing with Readings. Richard Bullock and Maureen Daly Goggin. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.714-718.
Technology
Look back at our day so far, how many people have we seen ignoring the world around them, not paying attention to the cashier or not absorbing the information in class? In Alina Tugend essay, multitasking can make you lose…Um... focus, she reported that multitasking may seem like it saves people time however, it makes people less efficient. It may be true that technology provides us with time-saving devices like push to cars, cell-phones that consist of 4G internet access, and washing machines with built in dyers; however most of us still complain about not having enough time. Like everything else in the world, technology has its pros and cons; it affects peoples’ concentration, writing skills, and what we consider …show more content…
In Nicholas Carr’s essay, Is Google Making Us Stupid, he states, “research that once required days in the stacks or periodical room of libraries can now be done in minutes” (732). The use of technology is very beneficial and time efficient, however does the pros overcome the cons? Carr also discusses the fight against technology to stay focus; since now a day, “…three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb” (733). I reckoned that we must realize that reading doesn’t come natural like speech does. We must keep training ourselves to read no matter if it’s in a paperback book or an online blogging site without …show more content…
“Just One More Game…: Angry Birds, Farmville, and Other Hyperaddictive
Stupid Games.” The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings. Richard Bullock and
Maureen Daly Goggin. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013. 64-69 Print.
Carr, Nicholas. “Is Google Making Us Stupid” The Norton Field Guide to Writing with
Readings. Richard Bullock and Maureen Daly Goggin. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.731-744. Print.
Cullington, Michaela. “Does texting affect writing” The Norton Field Guide to Writing with
Readings. Richard Bullock and Maureen Daly Goggin. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.87-95. Print.
Tugend, Alina. “ Multitasking can make us lose…Um…Focus.” The Norton Field Guide to
Writing with Readings. Richard Bullock and Maureen Daly Goggin. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.714-718.