The Shallows By Nicholas Carr
Globalization & Technology
We all know that technology is all around us in our everyday lives, when we are at school, work, or just at home technology is present. But have we ever realized how big of a role technology plays on a global scale. Nicholas Carr shows us just how much technology is used on a global scale in his book the Shallows.
To begin with, Social media is one of the biggest players in global communication. If someone posts a video on youtube that lives in Clarkston is can be viewed by anybody in the world. Social media is a great way that you can stay in touch with family members that live in different countries. Say we call your grandparents that live in Europe every week, social media gives us the possibility is video call them so you can still talk to them but you also can see each other. ““Media aren’t just …show more content…
Take for example, we go on spring break to London. During your stay you get extremely sick and have to go to the doctor. When you walk into the nearest doctor's office they know nothing about you or your past. Thanks to technology doctors can access your information from almost anywhere around the world, which in turn means that we can be treated and diagnosed more accurately and receive care more quickly. Carr talks about how the brain works, quite heavily in the first few chapters of the book. And talks about how the same sickness can have multiple effects on one’s brain given what they have lived through. “The chemically triggered synapses that link our neurons program is, in effect, to want to keep exercising the circuits they’ve formed. Once we’ve wired new circuitry in our brain, Doidge writes, “we long to keep it activated.” (Carr 68) The quote goes to show how our brains can change based on the different medications or chemicals that we many have been exposed to. Now with technology doctors are able to predict how different illnesses will affect
We all know that technology is all around us in our everyday lives, when we are at school, work, or just at home technology is present. But have we ever realized how big of a role technology plays on a global scale. Nicholas Carr shows us just how much technology is used on a global scale in his book the Shallows.
To begin with, Social media is one of the biggest players in global communication. If someone posts a video on youtube that lives in Clarkston is can be viewed by anybody in the world. Social media is a great way that you can stay in touch with family members that live in different countries. Say we call your grandparents that live in Europe every week, social media gives us the possibility is video call them so you can still talk to them but you also can see each other. ““Media aren’t just …show more content…
Take for example, we go on spring break to London. During your stay you get extremely sick and have to go to the doctor. When you walk into the nearest doctor's office they know nothing about you or your past. Thanks to technology doctors can access your information from almost anywhere around the world, which in turn means that we can be treated and diagnosed more accurately and receive care more quickly. Carr talks about how the brain works, quite heavily in the first few chapters of the book. And talks about how the same sickness can have multiple effects on one’s brain given what they have lived through. “The chemically triggered synapses that link our neurons program is, in effect, to want to keep exercising the circuits they’ve formed. Once we’ve wired new circuitry in our brain, Doidge writes, “we long to keep it activated.” (Carr 68) The quote goes to show how our brains can change based on the different medications or chemicals that we many have been exposed to. Now with technology doctors are able to predict how different illnesses will affect