Michelle Huynh English 4 Professor Polster April 22‚ 2015 “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” In the essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains‚” the author Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet has detrimental effects by altering the way we comprehend and the way our brain functions. Carr’s mind is changing because he is not thinking the way he used to think. He used to love reading books and articles‚ but now he can barely get through two or three pages because his
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Google making us?” by William Badke responds to Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr supports his argument by stating the fact that he has totally lost his ability to think and read and that the longer we work online‚ the less tolerance we have to concentrate and contemplate. William Badke seems to support his argument but not completely. He discusses his opinion on technology and whether it impacts human thinking. He is against the fact that Google is indeed making us
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Tiara Irvin Dr. Fletcher 09 June 2014 Rhetorical Response: “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” In Stephen Marche’s article “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” (2013) Marche suggests that over time‚ loneliness is becoming more prominent in today’s society. Marche develops his claim by using many published research and scholarly articles. In order to make readers aware of this growing epidemic‚ Marche’s purpose is to show that by using Facebook people are becoming more isolated. The target audience for
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“IS TECHNOLOGY MAKING US CRAZY ?” We strongly accept the author’s view that technology is making us crazy. This is because‚ there are many negative effects in human daily lives. Negative effects are exposing the youth to the elements outside or yellow culture which does not benefit the youth themselves. The internet is an endless ocean of information‚ entertainment and social media‚ and combined together‚ the three form a compelling and near irresistible to use the internet and
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Michael English 121.01 4 February 2013 Is Google Making Us Stupid Nicholas Carr Since the development of Google‚ there has been a vast amount of information available on various topics or subjects. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” explains and examines the different ways that the internet has been more useful and beneficial‚ according to the words of the author‚ Nicholas Carr. According to the readings‚ the author represents and expresses his thoughts and
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? The article written by Nicholas Carr criticizes the Internet’s (not just Google’s) effects on our cognition. It points out the problem of lower concentration and contemplation and the problem of decreased focus on long pieces of writing or reading. It also states that according to the research users are not reading in traditional sense online. Even though I am highly aware of negative effects of Internet‚ there are still many advantages that Internet and Google brought
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“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” In the article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?‚” Nicholas Carr implies that he notices that something is causing his brain to change. He realizes that he is not thinking the way he used to think‚ especially during reading. While reading in the past‚ he explains how he would be able to engage in long articles or books‚ but now finds his concentration drifting away after just a couple of pages. He began to realize these differences since he has started utilizing the
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In his article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid‚” Nicholas Carr‚ a former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review and a member of the steering board for the World Economic Forum’s cloud computing project‚ criticizes the overall impact of the internet‚ as a whole‚ on the human process of thought‚ comparing his past level of conception to “a scuba diver in a sea of words” whereas his current understanding simply “zip[s] along the surface” (Carr 68). Carr targets the prominent internet search engine
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Bridgett Goss English 101 MWF 11-11:50 September 23‚ 2012 Dr. Barko Are IPhones Making Us Stupid? Have we become too depended on our portable technology? Some people‚ not just teenage girls‚ cannot function without having their phone in hand constantly. Technology is not a just product anymore‚ it is a lifestyle‚ and without it people honestly do not think that they will not make it. These smart phones have everything on them; you can access internet search sites‚ shopping net
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What if “Lazy American” had more meaning than what we thought? What if instead of it just being an insult it was the truth? Over recent years researchers have conducted tests on young Americans to compare to that of other countries. Unfortunately‚ for the common American‚ these test results were not so favorable. These tests proved just how “lazy” America is in regards to sleep habits‚ study habits‚ technology use and other stipulations that correlate to their grades. The results proved American
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