1- Reflection on the article of Carr In May 2003‚ Harvard Business Review (HBR)‚ a magazine mainly addressed to business people in general such as managers‚ analysts and strategists etc.‚ and IT constituencies in particular such as vendors‚ researchers‚ engineers etc.‚ published a revolutionary article written by Nicholas Carr entitled “IT doesn’t Matter”. This article has created a huge debate within the IT industry‚ from opponents and proponents the opinions differ considerably. So in order
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In Nicholas Carr’s piece‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid”‚ he makes an argument many people might not ever consider. He claims that the internet has actually affected how human beings process information. He begins to illustrate this point using a scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey where HAL‚ the supercomputer‚ is being disassembled by the man the machine nearly (purposefully) killed. Carr emphasizes the fact that the computer could “feel” its’ “brain” being taken away as the man stripped
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In the essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. Carr speaks on how over the last decade his focus and ability to concentrate has been declining due to the fact that he has a plethora of knowledge available to him on his smartphone or computer‚ thus he is not able to focus on a task at hand for as long as he could before the age of information. Carr claims that his mind is changing for the worse and backs his evidence with first hand accounts of respected scholars who also share the same
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In Nicholas Carrs article Cognitive Load he theorizes that the brain can only retain so much information before it becomes too much. Carr infers that everyone has a mental capacity and once it is expended trying to learn more information becomes pointless. Carr calls this cognitive overload‚ when the brain exceeds the capacity of working memory. However‚ Carr says that cognitive overload is manageable once we become aware of how it works and how to compensate for it. I do believe everyone could have
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The Internet Takeover The piece‚ “Is Google Making us Stupid?”‚ by Nicholas Carr provides an interesting view from a writer’s perspective of his change in processing information due to the growing digital world. He reflects on how the internet has made his life easier but also caused his attention span to shorten. He believes that while the internet is very helpful‚ it is changing the way people think. Carr relates his struggles to those of many of his intellectual colleagues and how it has changed
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Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation? Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social‚ economic and political systems that have been developed in
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Assignment #1: "IT Doesn’t Matter" by Nicholas Carr Nicholas Carr wrote an article entitled IT Doesn’t Matter at first; it reads controversial and needs full of interpretations for the readers. As we read the entire story‚ the author might have a different interpretation of IT and probably points out that we really don’t need IT too much‚ the companies should not spend too much on IT and not more for strategic advantage. Carr said that having IT may delivered the business at risk; instead of
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr is an article that is questioning the effect that technology is having on our brains. There are advantages to having any information available to us. However‚ there are imperative disadvantages as well. The longer we use the Internet‚ the more expected it is that we will be unable to concentrate on extensive pieces of writing. As a result of our recent lack of focus‚ we often skim what we do read; therefore the creators of Google are attempting to adapt
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say the modern generation is lazy‚ and the Internet is to blame for this. Contrary to that argument‚ access to technology has tremendously improved our world in many ways. The real concern arises from Nicholas Carr’s‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr grabs the attention of most‚ if not all‚ the viewers of this title‚ as he uncovers his highly critical article of the Internet’s effect on cognition. Carr employs numerous strategies to influence the attitudes‚ actions‚ and beliefs of his audience
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books and journals. Reading books has become almost obsolete. The attention span of a person reading a book is that of a goldfish‚ two seconds. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” author Nicholas Carr said “Immersing myself in a book used to be easy. Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages”(Carr‚ n.pag). Reading short stories‚ headlines‚ and blogs on the Internet has changed the way we read. When on the Internet it is so easy just to read short stories‚ or emails‚ because
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