Christina Robinson ENG 101 College Compositions 1 Professor Roberto C. Garcia Is Google Making Us Stupid? Feb. 18‚ 2014 Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr narrated his essay based on a thesis‚ by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001movie: A Space Odyssey. A character named Bowman‚ whom has been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine‚ is calmly‚ coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial “brain.” The
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and use an app called Instagram to advertise my product as well; I also found that a copy machine is my best friend because I make copies of all transactions‚ and I make copies of all business related emails for my record to ensure that I’m not making any mistakes when processing orders. My GPS used to be handy for me when I would make deliveries‚ but it started getting
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Is Facebook Making Kids Mean? Rude comments have always been part of the middle school world. But it’s getting out of hand. Interactions on Facebook are the complete opposite of talking face-to-face. Facebook makes kids meaner. One reason Facebook is making kids meaner is because online communication can bring out hostile behavior. In the text‚ the author says‚ “Devon‚ 13‚ says that not long ago‚ a friend lashed out at her in a Facebook post.” Kids and adults say things online that are much different
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? By Nicholas Carr Adapted from The Atlantic Monthly July 2008 “Dave‚ stop. Stop Dave. Will you stop‚ Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:A Space Odyssey. Dave Bowman‚ having nearly been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine‚ is calmly‚ coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial brain. “Dave‚ my brain is going‚” HAL says forlornly. “I can
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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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The poem “The Lonely Land” by A.J.M Smith can be compared with the poem by Marilyn Dumont called “Not Just a Platform for My Dance”. Smith’s poem‚ “The Lonely Land”‚ describes the land in detail. He says that even though the land is not perfect‚ it has its own beauty. “Not Just a Platform for My Dance” states that the land is not just considered as a place‚ but as something to learn from. Dumont also explains how the land teaches us everything we know. Even though both of the poems are about
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answering questions‚ translating‚ playing … etc. What people don’t realize when using the internet is that they become addicted to easy ways to get information. The brain is affected with jumping from one page to another. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Carr declared that the internet change the way people think (Carr 500). He also wrote that the internet reduces a person ’s ability of concentration and deep thinking (501). Spending little time to gain information reduces the ability of
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Andro Khalil 9/20/2014 Professor Jama “Is Google making us stupid?” As days pass by in front of our eyes and as the generations are changing‚ the world is changing dramatically and being remodeled to where Google is the book of answers. Life isn’t as challenging for our community and does not push anyone to put in any effort as it did Fifty years ago. Nicholas Carr has every right to publish this article on how reading isn’t the same anymore. Books can be looked at as rare no-a-days‚ something
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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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