“Is Google Making Us Stupid or Getting Smarter?”
Jordan Rosemond
English 101 *40 Composition
Professor Borton
18 November 2013
“Is Google Making Us Stupid or Getting Smarter?”
Technology is becoming a big part in our society. Nicholas Carr wrote an article called “Is Google Making Us Stupid”. Carr believes that the internet might have a very negative effect on cognition that diminishes our capacity for concentration and contemplation, therefore making us stupid. He argues that the internet has actually affected how human beings process information. He suggests that the internet is dangerous. Jamais Cascio wrote “Getting Smarter” in response to Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid.” He argues about how technology is not necessarily hurting us, but rather expanding our knowledge. Cascio believes that technology has made us smarter but there are always things that you must be careful of. Technology, such as Google, has become a big part of society and has had an impact on our knowledge. Nicholas Carr and Jamais Cascio both agree that frequent use of the internet is making the ability to focus, a more difficult task than it used to be. Nicholas Carr, the author of Is Google Making Us Stupid?, believes that information overload by using the internet has caused people’s ability to focus to decrease. Jamias Cascio, the author of Get Smarter, states that our minds are used to interruption and having multiple things going on at once, therefore we expect our focus to be divided. The ability to focus may be decreasing, but is that making people less smart? Cascio says that, “The trouble isn’t that we have too much information at our fingertips, but that our tools for managing it are still in their infancy.” He’s basically saying that our brains have to adapt to all of the information we receive by ways of the internet, that our brains will “evolve” to be able to accept these mass amounts of information. Carr states that people rely on the internet for quick answers and by the process of looking something
English 101 *40 Composition
Professor Borton
18 November 2013
“Is Google Making Us Stupid or Getting Smarter?”
Technology is becoming a big part in our society. Nicholas Carr wrote an article called “Is Google Making Us Stupid”. Carr believes that the internet might have a very negative effect on cognition that diminishes our capacity for concentration and contemplation, therefore making us stupid. He argues that the internet has actually affected how human beings process information. He suggests that the internet is dangerous. Jamais Cascio wrote “Getting Smarter” in response to Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid.” He argues about how technology is not necessarily hurting us, but rather expanding our knowledge. Cascio believes that technology has made us smarter but there are always things that you must be careful of. Technology, such as Google, has become a big part of society and has had an impact on our knowledge. Nicholas Carr and Jamais Cascio both agree that frequent use of the internet is making the ability to focus, a more difficult task than it used to be. Nicholas Carr, the author of Is Google Making Us Stupid?, believes that information overload by using the internet has caused people’s ability to focus to decrease. Jamias Cascio, the author of Get Smarter, states that our minds are used to interruption and having multiple things going on at once, therefore we expect our focus to be divided. The ability to focus may be decreasing, but is that making people less smart? Cascio says that, “The trouble isn’t that we have too much information at our fingertips, but that our tools for managing it are still in their infancy.” He’s basically saying that our brains have to adapt to all of the information we receive by ways of the internet, that our brains will “evolve” to be able to accept these mass amounts of information. Carr states that people rely on the internet for quick answers and by the process of looking something