Google‚ the search engine that majority of people see when opening up the internet. The website that delivers information for almost any subject imaginable. Think about it‚ when you have a hard time figuring something out or a question with no answer where do you run to. Most people click open Google on their electronic device without using their brain to think about it. It is more convenient then just popping open a text book or waiting for someone to explain an answer to you. It becomes more of
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The question that Nick Carr is asking in his article “Is Google making us Stupid‚” is if the availability and convenience of the internet is causing people to become lazy‚ or stupid. Supporters of the internet argue that we will enter a “golden age of intellectual discovery and universal wisdom” (Carr). Everyone will be able to access the internet and the knowledge that is available. This would result in faster and more efficient access to information‚ which would lead to our brains understanding
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In this article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr discusses the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence as the main source of knowledge. Artificial intelligence has the ability to condense one’s life into the cyber world‚ most time of a phone or computer: “It’s becoming our map and our radio and T.V” (Carr‚ 3). Giving that much control and information about one’s life into such a system that is insecure and easily accessible can be very
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andconnected.-Facebook markets themas a platform that allowsusers to connect.Google+ - An estimated343 millionmonthly activeusers.-G+ integratesyoutube andandroid to gaincompetitiveadvantage overFacebook.-Organize theworld’s informationand make ituniversallyaccessible anduseful.-G+ markets them as anextension to otherservices(gmail‚search‚videosharing youtube ‚photosharing - picasa) itprovides.So.cl Still in Experimental phase 4. 4. 3) ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS :a) Demographic trends : Facebook is free social
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What is the main claim/thesis? The main claim‚ or thesis‚ is that the more dependent we become with computers and other technology‚ the more our own intelligence declines and the more brain-dead we become. According to Kubrick’s dark prophecy‚ by using this technology to understand different aspects of the world‚ we are generating artificial intelligence. What are the means of support for the claim? The means of support Carr uses are personal testimonies‚ examples‚ and appeal to logic and
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people learn. The invention of the computer as well as the Internet has‚ in many ways‚ offered new ways of learning. Today‚ children can learn by surfing the Internet and more particularly by “googling” the information needed. Google has succeeded in making the Internet a far more efficient informational medium. Google’s search engine has been engineered to produce better results as the web grows and thereby offer children information needed for their education or for their personal leisure. Without
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Google is an internet search engine that allows users to find information on any given topic. Google was created in 1996 and has been one of the fastest growing sites ever since. Google makes it possible for any information that is needed to be available at the click of a button. Some people think Google is the best thing since sliced bread‚ but Nicholas Carr has another opinion. Personally‚ Carr thinks it could be dangerous to our minds having so much technology at our fingertips. If we go
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Facebook is an online social networking service‚ whose name stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other.[7] It was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin‚ Andrew McCollum‚ Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.[8] The website’s membership was initially limited by the founders
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Not only the story of the ‘The Lonely Londoners’ sends a message to its readers. It is also the language of the novel that successfully communicates with the readership. By the manipulation of Standard English or by using some form of Creolized English‚ Selvon distance himself from the mainstream culture of the United Kingdom‚ the power that colonized his homelands for several hundreds of years. The novel is targeted to groups of readers‚ the black and also the white people. The white readers can
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University of Cambodia Facebook is the most popular social network site of all time. The popularity of Facebook has increased up to 1 billion users only in 6 years. Nowadays Facebook has become very important part of our life. It is very good for our communication‚ daily entertainment for users and helps us in many ways. Besides that‚ Facebook can affect us in other ways. Facebook is free and it’s one of the best medium for communication. With the help of Facebook we can connect to different people
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