In the speech delivered at the Harvard Book Store Nicholas Carr‚ an American writer interested mainly in technology and business‚ presented his new book “The Shallows. What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains”. The writer explained also the main thesis of his work‚ which seems to be the following: Using the Internet has an impact on our brain and the way it is functioning. His arguments‚ not against the Internet in general‚ but against overusing it‚ are the result of his personal experience as well
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through the ages about this particular fact‚ the largest of which being the question “Is it changing for the better?” This is a question Nicholas Carr attempts to address and answer in his book The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains. The book is more specifically about the implications of the internet and its ever growing importance in our world. Carr argues that the internet is hurting society as a whole‚ and his viewpoint is best summed up by the following quote: “The price we pay
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The Shallows Essay Main Points I must say that The Shallows could be the best that I’ve read throughout the program thus far‚ as it kept me intrigued due to the fact that I can relate to the author‚ Nicholas Carr‚ and how the internet has had an extreme effect on the way people think‚ read‚ and become distracted. The author makes many valid points on his interpretation of how he’s been losing focus and how he notices himself wandering off a lot more during a book‚ as well as keeping
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Nicholas Carr Summary In the article “All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines”‚ Nicholas Carr conveys a message on how an overreliance with technology causes people to become helpless and naïve. Humans are undeniably defective; however‚ with the perfection in automation‚ computers have the capability to replace imperfect people. Demonstrated throughout Carr’s article‚ his concern for the future of humanity became apparent though the overreliance‚ laziness‚ and
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article called Does the Internet Make You Dumber by Nicholas Carr states that‚ “The Internet grants us easy access to unprecedented amounts of information. Growing body of scientific evidence suggest that the Net‚ with its constant distractions and interruptions‚ is also turning us into scattered and superficial thinkers” (1). Carr states in his article that the Internet affects people in a negative way‚ messing with their attention and memory. Carr also states how focused you are affects your personality
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Dumber?” Nicholas Carr told us about because of the Internet will distract us‚ down to people can’t have depth thinking when we are working‚ and this is the main idea of this article too. In Carr’s article he gave an example which is from Cornell University‚ some people did an experiment which test two group people in can use internet and can’t use internet ways‚ the result the people who can use Internet has been distracted‚ and the people that can use Internet got the lower grade. Carr also showed
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main focus made be by Nicholas Carr in his work‚ What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains‚ is that technology has its downfalls. In more detail‚ Carr explains how technology is evolving and how it keeps getting worse. In the article‚ Carr goes into detail how technology specifically affects people when they read. The passage quotes‚ “Now my consideration starts to drift after a page or two. I get fidgety‚ lose thread‚ begin looking for something else to do” (Carr para. 2) Carr is referring to when
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Matter? An HBR Debate to the Editor 1 Introduction by Thomas A. Stewart 2 5 7 6 Letters from: John Seely Brown and John Hagel III F Warren McFarlan and Richard L. Nolan . Paul A. Strassmann Other readers 17 Reply from Nicholas G. Carr Order the article‚“IT Doesn’t Matter” E-mail us at hbr_letters@hbsp.harvard.edu Every magazine has an ideal‚ or an idealized‚ reader. For Harvard Business Review‚ he or she is an executive of uncommon intelligence and curiosity: the brightest
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Shallow foundations Shallow foundations are those founded near to the finished ground surface; generally where the founding depth (Df) is less than the width of the footing and less than 3m. These are not strict rules‚ but merely guidelines: basically‚ if surface loading or other surface conditions will affect the bearing capacity of a foundation it is ’shallow’. Shallow foundations (sometimes called ’spread footings’) include pads (’isolated footings’)‚ strip footings and rafts. Shallows foundations
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The Shallows Rhetorical Analysis In the book “The Shallows”‚ Nicholas Carr develops his argument just as an architect would construct a building. The foundation is laid then in tedious and eloquent manner‚ he begins an argument that defines the book. Shedding light upon the dangers our society may encounter through the internet‚ Carr uses personal anecdotes‚ parallels‚ ethic and reason based arguments‚ and disguises himself as an authoritative figure to execute a view changing book. Exerting
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