What did Google do to us? Search engines such as google are making our society’s IQ go down faster every year. An everyday human being relies on google to help them find simple answers that most people should already know. Nicholas Carr makes various points on how google or other programs are making people stupid. Carrs essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid” shows us how search engines are in fact making us dumb. Google makes things easier to get to‚ “Research that once required days in the stacks
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Oriented The article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is written by Carr Nicholas who wants to convey a message that media or other technologies could not take place of the way we circuit our own thoughts. He first uses examples from Stanley Kubrick’s 2007: A Space Odyssey to show that his mind is different from before. His way of thinking and the way of reading have changed because nowadays online “instant availability”. He then used many people’s experience on the Google convenience and they meet
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Is Google making us stupid(and smarter)? According to articles a and c‚ it states that Google is making us smarter. On the other hand‚ article b and d state that Google is making us stupid. First‚ we will look at Nicholas Carr perspective on the question‚ next we will so Peter Norvig statement before finally my perspective on the subject. In article B it states that Google is making us stupid. For example‚ author Nicholas Carr states “ The greater our concentration‚ the richer our thoughts. If
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Is Google Making us Stupid? Information technology (IT) has grown tremendously in the United States and around the world. Everyone in the country understands the importance of technology and uses the different technological gadgets in their daily activities. One cannot go a short distance without seeing someone with a mobile phone‚ tablet or laptop. These gadgets have internet applications‚ such as Google. According to Pinker (2010)‚ the internet has been around for several decades and people are
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question: is Google making us stupid? Throughout the article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Carr provides his audience with plenty of factual information. The audience somewhat travels through a time lapse of how we started out reading simple pieces of literature way back before the printing press was invented and now have evolved into reading articles online. The information leaves the reader thinking about whether or not this is actually happening. Carr’s belief that Google is making us stupid‚ or in
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In the article‚ Is Google Making Us Stupid‚ Nicholas Carr uses relatable instances and never ending advancements in technology to answer the debate of whether society’s dependence on the internet directly leads to compromised intelligence. With the continuing use of the web in everyday life‚ people become accustomed to finding information with new technologies‚ making them more simple minded‚ but still more informed overall. Carr starts off his article by mentioning the change in how people read
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Is Google‚ the internet‚ and technology making us as a society stupid? This is a hard question to answer yes or no to. Nicolas Carr answers “My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think.” It’s Agreeable that Google‚ the internet‚ and technology are not necessarily making us stupid‚ rather changing our thought patterns and processes. So much information is available with the click of a button‚ but just because people have access to billions or
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has become a huge part of our daily life‚ we gather information‚ socialize with our friends and even shop online. The internet has definitely become an essential part of our daily life. Many people argue that internet is making us smarter‚ due to the fact that it has given us an easier access to look for information on any topics within seconds‚ however the internet is filled with unreliable sources and information. Especially on certain websites‚ like Wikipedia which allows everyone to edit it
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Techno Smart or Techno Not so Smart Society has become very dependent when it comes to technology resources. In the articles “Is Google making us Stupid?” by author Nicholas Carr and “Mind Over Mass Media” by author Steven Pinker‚ both authors express their views on technology and how it is affecting today’s society. In most cases the first thing most people do is grab a computer‚ smartphone or tablet to search up pretty much anything. It can be anything from researching an address‚ telephone
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influence of Internet on the society "When we succeed‚ we succeed because of our individual initiative‚ but also because we do things together." This statement‚ which was made by President Barack Obama‚ makes us question whether the use of the Internet helps us succeed or makes us stupid and lock ourselves out of the outside world. The Internet bubble increases its volume and density rapidly‚ because the number of people and hours using the internet increases dramatically every day. Consequently
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