Is Google Making Us Stupid Nicholas Carr’s Atlantic Online article “Is Google Making Us Stupid‚” discusses how the use of the computer affects our thought process. Carr starts out talking about his own experience as a writer and how he felt like “something had been tinkering with his brain‚ remapping his neural circuitry and reprogramming his memory”. Since starting to use the Internet his research techniques have changed. Carr said before he would immerse himself in books‚ lengthy articles and
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Mr Mr Feb.10‚ 2015 The Toulmin Method to Google Making Us Stupid University Abstract No one really knows if Google can make someone stupid. Some can argue the fact that‚ Google has changed the way we use to do things. Google has made life easier for those‚ who simply don’t want to waste time on research. Instead of doing things the old fashion way‚ we can now find everything we need at the push of a button or two. You will find a claim‚ reasons‚ and evidence to show how Google has changed
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Garrett Mastin English 1010 Instructor Renaud 6 February‚ 2013 Is Google making us Stupid: An article by Nicholas Carr Over history technology has changed mankind’s overall culture. From clocks to computers the use of electronics and tools is occurring every day in almost all situations. In Carr’s article “Is Google Making us Stupid?” he introduces the idea how the internet is changing our lives by making us mentally process information differently from the past‚ based off previous changes
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Nicholas Carr argues in his article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” that the internet is changing the way we think and work for the worst. I have to disagree. Although the internet is changing us‚ it’s for the better. First‚ the internet has become a great equalizer in terms of education. Second‚ communicating across the web allows for intercultural experiences that were once impossible without a plane ticket. Third‚ even though Carr may feel uncomfortable with his brain being molded by the
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Jeanne Clarissa Susanto Nicholas Carr and James Cascio Is Google Making Us Stupid? and Get Smarter According to Carr’s article‚ I noticed that the Internet has obviously influenced human’s life nowadays. Now‚ we prefer to obtain information easily and quickly without any intention of understanding it first. We are likely will not try to read the information thoroughly anymore because the Internet has served all information instantaneously. I also noticed about what Carr said about the Internet
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In “Is Google Making us Stupid”‚ an article published in Atlantic Monthly 2008‚ Nick Carr writes that Google has made it easier for us to take in information‚ quickly at great volumes‚ the effect of the mechanical clock‚ along with the algorithm‚ and finally he finishes his essay writing about Google being a perfect search engine. Carr states that the technology is changing the way that society reads and writes; the Internet is shaping the process of thought. The Internet has caused the concentrations
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Summary of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr As the internet offers us the benefits of quick and easy knowledge‚ it is affecting the brain’s capacity to read longer articles and books. Carr starts Is Google Making Us Stupid with the closing scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey when Dave taking apart the memory circuits that control HAL‚ the artificial brain of the ship. Carr feels the time he spends online is rewiring his brain. He is no longer able to concentrate long
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colleague; e-mail‚ instant messaging‚ Skype and the like‚ have enabled people to communicate in non-traditional ways and across boundaries previously inaccessible. Nicholas Carr addresses the wonder that is the internet in his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The general direction of the article is a discussion of how intelligent thought patterns seem to be changing; attention spans and critical thinking once required for thoughtful analysis appear to be moving towards a status of extinct. One
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2.2 Is Social Media Making Us Less Social? In a world where 850 million people are linked through a single website we feel more connected and social than ever before (Marino‚ “Is Social Media Making Us Socially Awkward”). Social media removes the need for people to physically talk and communicate to one another because we can connect with hundreds by the push of a button. From my own experiences‚ I see social media as a dark hole. We are all dragged into it and once we have started sharing‚ posting
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“ “Social Networking - A reason for Decline in Human Values” Powerful new technologies provide great benefits‚ but they also change the way we live‚ and not always in ways that everyone likes. An example is the spread of air conditioning‚ which makes us more comfortable‚ but those who grew up before its invention speak fondly of a time when everyone sat on the front porch and talked to their neighbours rather than going indoors to stay cool and enjoy facebook. The declining cost of information
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