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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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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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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Is Google Making Us Stupid? 500 words response "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" by Nicholas Carr illustrates to me that the internet is slowing down the development of our brain. I agree with his argument that technology has affected out attention span‚ he sets an example of how we now cannot concentrate on the readings‚ Scott Karp‚ and Bruce Friedman‚ both agree that their ability to read long articles has been affected by the web. Also‚ I agree with Carr that we are becoming low thinking people
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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.
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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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In Nicholas Carr’s article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” published July 2008 in The Atlantic‚ he discusses the changes that have occurred since people began relying on the internet for information. His main thesis is that the human way of thinking has become impatient and unfocused. Carr supports that by writing “I’m not the only one. When I mention my troubles with reading to friends and acquaintances—literary types‚ most of them—many say they’re having similar experiences.” He is frustrated that
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr‚ in "Is Google Making Us Stupid?‚" conveys a message about what the internet is doing to human brains. Lack of focus and laziness are the new normal for human behavior‚ and Carr speculates what seems to be making humans disconnected from the world they are living in and leading them into acting like robots. Google is a convenient tool to have‚ but it does damage to the brain after a certain period of time. Google is a contradiction itself‚ because it was
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