“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr, was fairly well written. The article as whole was well researched but when getting to the specifics some parts were incorrect such as blaming the search engines for people’s poor research skills or lack thereof. The article as the title states is about how the author believes that because of advancements in technology and the availability of search engines, which eased the research process, makes us use our brains a lot less thereby making us stupid
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The two readings I was going to use for this next essay was Martin Luther King’s “A Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “Is Google Making Us Stupid” by Nicholas Carr. The two reading are drastically different from each other. Kings letter was written during a time when there was a lot of racial injustice in our country. King was addressing the treatment of African Americans in our country and how it needed to be stopped. Carr’s article is explaining his thoughts on how he believes the internet is causing
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with Technology As our technology advances, are we are becoming more or less social? To what level does social and psychological factors are inflicted on an individual? Moreover I propose the consideration that technology may drive us, for lack of a better word, stupid. I scrutinize this inquiry to myself every time I see somebody using a social networking website (such as Facebook not to mention Twitter), or when somebody is ceaselessly texting their friends and/or family on their cellular phone
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has become very common to go online because it makes research and socializing easier. The internet is a great place for social networking and meeting or communicating with people across the world. Nicholas Carr, author of the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, claims that using the internet can make people less intelligent. After spending a number of days researching on the topic of internet use, I have came to agree with Carr. I not only agree with him, that using the internet does make internet
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have entered a state of obliviousness on how little knowledge and wisdom we truly have. It is very interesting to think about on how technology especially the television could affect our attention span and the information that is being given to us. In Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” he states a precise point “the average length of a shot on network television is only 3.5 seconds, so that the eye never rests, always has something to see” (86). This statement alone shows and proves on
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decline in critical thinking,’ she says. ‘There is a greater emphasis on real-time media and multitasking rather than focusing on a single thing. (Quote in Greengard 18) One important aspect of the computers is the Internet, and Websites such as Google and Wikipedia provide many people with information. Michael Bugeja, director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University of Science
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everyone. However, the internet has taken over human’s ability to read and interpret long passages of information. It is important to understand how and why the internet is harmful. In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr, the author provides evidence and theories on how the internet is making us “stupid”. The internet has a negative effect
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In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?,” Carr makes his argument by using logos in how he uses evidence from other writers, professors, and doctors. Also developing ethos in a sense he is trying to “build a bridge,” in connection with his audience. Finally using pathos to make the reader interpret his views in the way he sees them himself, making it feel like the reader has a connection to his argument. In his article, Carr explains in his own personal experiences the negative effects of the
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Realism in 21st Century The world, in view of the fact that it was created is changing. With the changing desires and demands of today’s standard of living, individual needs to be in sync with the demands and trends of modern day living. Not too long ago, people were seen doing stuffs that have turned out to be more of a routine in today’s humankind. Every single day a new type of technology is been introduced in today's world. So, the question arises that is theses changes necessary in today's
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The main idea of Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is that the internet, mainly google is our main source to get information and we don’t depend on anything else which starts to affect us eventually. In the article Nicholas Carr talks about how his mindset has changed when it comes to reading a book or article. Carr says “Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages” (paragraph 2) Depending only in the internet in today’s society affects our ability to sit still
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