In Nicholas Carr’s book The Shallows‚ he talks about many things‚ including the titular topic of What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. He relates the story of the development of the written word‚ and the book‚ and the computer‚ and then the Internet‚ telling how the advent of each sparked a revolution in our culture‚ and‚ in the case of the internet‚ in the way we think‚ going on to say that “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a jet ski.” (Carr
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what they would learn without them. Knowledge and wisdom is shared across the world wide web‚ and it is visible to every single person. Technology has had a positive effect on students as too much screen time cannot harm them. In Nicholas Carr’s article The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our
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Nicholas Carr wrote a book "The Shallows"‚ and a majority of the book is based on how our language has changed because most reading today is done online. Carr believes that the improvement in technology today‚ has a great impact on the way we speak‚ think‚ and read on a daily basis. In his book‚ Carr says that the internet and technology has in a way "remapped" the way our brain is used (Carr 5). Carr explains that even professional authors are falling
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Nicholas Carr in The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains (2010) asserts that the internet is the single most powerful mind-altering technology. Carr supports this assertion by giving various‚ significant examples of how people think with the internet today compared to how they thought back then. The writer concludes in order for people to improve skills‚ they will have to cope with the new technology and the way they think. Technology is an expression on human will. “To share know-how
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Nicholas Carr is a first gerenration‚well informed author who writes about how the internet is impacting our minds and lives.Since 2003 Carr has been writing critically about the consequences due to this vast creation‚ that is the internet. He has written several books and articles including “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” and "IT Doesn’t Matter". This response essay is to one of Nicholas Carrs articles in particular from The Atlantic called‚ “ Is Google Making Us Stupid
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Rough Draft for The Shallows Essay In Nicholas Carr’s book‚ “The Shallows: What The Internet is Doing to our Brains‚” he makes the powerful point that in order to assume technology’s power‚ especially intellectual technology‚ we must pay a particularly high price. Carr states this idea in one quote from his book‚ “The price we pay to assume technologies power is alienation. The toll can be particularly high with our intellectual technologies. the tools of the mind amplify and in turn numb the
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discover thousands of sites with information relevant to their desired topic. Although having information at your fingertips is convenient and fast‚ it has stripped the millennials ability of elaborate reading and analysis of a lengthy narrative. Carr claims that the internet has been "chipping away" (Source 4) at millennial’s concentration. Brainwashing them into becoming dependent on the web for the entirety of our information‚ whether it be for educational information or even for a simple question
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What the Internet is doing to Our Brains: The Shallows by Nicholas Carr insightfully displays the detrimental after effects of using the Internet. As we use the Internet‚ we seldom think of the consequences that could arise; instead‚ we see a plethora of information that is readily accessible. By rampantly trying to find new ways to improve technology‚ we unknowingly sacrifice parts of our mind. The Internet has rewired our brains by creating a sort of superficial intelligence within us. So‚ although
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The Affect of Google By reading the article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" by Nicholas Carr‚ could briefly summarize the main ideas. Google has affected people in many ways and impact their brains work. Nicholas Carr begins by discussing how he feels that the Internet is causing his focus issues‚ in which he cannot keep focus while reading a book. If people grow up with doing multitasking like doing homework and listen to a music‚ they are going to lose some abilities that the normal people have.
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written words how Nicholas Carr successfully uses ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos in his writing to show as a society we are selling ourselves short on learning capabilities. According to Nicholas Carr‚ we are all falling into the trap of receiving knowledge without questioning its sources and not being able to think for ourselves. Is having sources like Google making us stupid? As a society we should be able to educate ourselves on our own without answers being spoon-fed to us on demand. Carr begins
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