Is Google Making Us Stupid?
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is an article written by Nicholas Carr, which was published in The Atlantic in July 2008. Throughout his article, Carr discusses how people are beginning to rely on the internet as their primary source of information. He also states that the internet is negatively affecting the way we read and write, and is also having an effect on the way we process information. With the help of his fellow writers and personal research, he makes various points addressing these issues, and others in this article. Nicholas Carr believes that the internet is having a negative impact on the way we read and write. In this article he states, “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. The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing.” Here he describes how the internet serves as a distraction to him while reading. I can relate to this statement because I also feel a sense of distraction while reading and having the internet to my access. Just like Carr, I too find myself not being able to sit down and enjoy a book like I would eight years ago. The main for this may be because of technology. Whether it’s coming from a phone, computer, or tablet social networking also plays a big role in many lives today. With the list of social networking sites rising, you can also expect the users to increase as well. “Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it.” Bruce Friedman, a pathologist from the University of Michigan Medical School says this after describing how the internet has altered his mental habits. I believe that the internet does play a role, as far as our mental habits being altered with. Just like Friedman, I find that skimming through long reading passages has become a habit rather than a choice. I
Is Google Making Us Stupid? “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is an article written by Nicholas Carr, which was published in The Atlantic in July 2008. Throughout his article, Carr discusses how people are beginning to rely on the internet as their primary source of information. He also states that the internet is negatively affecting the way we read and write, and is also having an effect on the way we process information. With the help of his fellow writers and personal research, he makes various points addressing these issues, and others in this article. Nicholas Carr believes that the internet is having a negative impact on the way we read and write. In this article he states, “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. The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing.” Here he describes how the internet serves as a distraction to him while reading. I can relate to this statement because I also feel a sense of distraction while reading and having the internet to my access. Just like Carr, I too find myself not being able to sit down and enjoy a book like I would eight years ago. The main for this may be because of technology. Whether it’s coming from a phone, computer, or tablet social networking also plays a big role in many lives today. With the list of social networking sites rising, you can also expect the users to increase as well. “Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it.” Bruce Friedman, a pathologist from the University of Michigan Medical School says this after describing how the internet has altered his mental habits. I believe that the internet does play a role, as far as our mental habits being altered with. Just like Friedman, I find that skimming through long reading passages has become a habit rather than a choice. I