UCWR 110 September 8‚ 2014 Essay 1: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” summary and response Summary: In the article of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way our mind works and has some negative effects on our lives. In the article of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way our mind works and has some negative effects on our lives. The article begins with that the Internet is the excellent resource
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STUPID LITTLE BOY Drown me in the water next to me Tell the porcupines to stop poking at me The pain make me fall‚ but I will stand Cause all of them are jerks while they take my hand Now they want a whisper‚ a whisper from me Cause all of them have seen me‚ on the big screen T.V. But what about little ol; little ol’ me The one that got bullied because of his teeth I hope you all see my hand wave bye to the people in the school yard I know my pain is on your mind Now you say we are friends‚ but
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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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Michael English 121.01 4 February 2013 Is Google Making Us Stupid Nicholas Carr Since the development of Google‚ there has been a vast amount of information available on various topics or subjects. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” explains and examines the different ways that the internet has been more useful and beneficial‚ according to the words of the author‚ Nicholas Carr. According to the readings‚ the author represents and expresses his thoughts and
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1. Pink’s Stupid Girls created 2006 2. Narrative or storyline; Young girl is sitting on couch‚ watching TV which shows a range of depictions of women. The ‘good’ and ‘bad’ angels hover over her shoulders. The images include women as ditzy‚ carrying little dogs‚ car-washing in minimal clothing‚ as the president‚ playing football. 3. The central discourses are stereotypes regarding women and the choices that women make. The entire video clip presents the range of ways women can be in our society
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1. Name: The age of stupid Producer: Franny Armstrong Presenter: Pete Postlethwaite Type: Documentary This documentary is about the influence of people on the total destruction of the Earth as we know it. 2. According to the presenter and producer it is our fault the earth over floods (seen in the intro). The main problem that caused the world-wide flooding and the end of the world population of people and animals as we know it was us. the human race. Or mostly they set the blame to the
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English Comp. 111 Technology in My World In today’s society there are so many things that are distractions in our everyday life. Some people are obsessed with their religion‚ some people are hooked on sports‚ but in the last forty years or so people have really become obsessed with technology. Not because technology is just the only thing out‚ but because technology has advanced in so many different ways. The cars we drive‚ phones we talk on‚ TV’s we watch have all advanced in major ways. My
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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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In Nicholas Carr’s journal article titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” published July/August 2008 in The Atlantic magazine‚ Carr discusses the changes that have been coming up since people start to rely on the internet to get information. He makes an argument many people might not ever consider. Carr claims that the internet has actually affected how humans beings process information. His main thesis is that people has become impatient and unfocused. My first response to Nicholas Carr article
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Documentaries do have power‚ the eco-drama 2009 “The Age of Stupid” relays a message the audience will never forget. The year is 2055‚ in a world devastated by mankind’s lack of foresight. The film maker attempts to make the documentary informative yet personal‚ the film maker innovative the film by adopted a new model of funding known as crowd funding. By selling shares to over 200 individual and groups who donated between 500-35000 euros‚ it created the best possible chance for the documentary
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