Summary of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr As the internet offers us the benefits of quick and easy knowledge‚ it is affecting the brain’s capacity to read longer articles and books. Carr starts Is Google Making Us Stupid with the closing scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey when Dave taking apart the memory circuits that control HAL‚ the artificial brain of the ship. Carr feels the time he spends online is rewiring his brain. He is no longer able to concentrate long
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In “Is Google Making us Stupid”‚ an article published in Atlantic Monthly 2008‚ Nick Carr writes that Google has made it easier for us to take in information‚ quickly at great volumes‚ the effect of the mechanical clock‚ along with the algorithm‚ and finally he finishes his essay writing about Google being a perfect search engine. Carr states that the technology is changing the way that society reads and writes; the Internet is shaping the process of thought. The Internet has caused the concentrations
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The Internet has resulted in a generation of lazy young people The internet is a source used for everyday life‚ and everything from social networking to researching and gaming‚ but due to the limitless possibilities it is a resulting cause of pure laziness. The younger generation might find themselves unable to go a day‚ yet alone days‚ without using the internet in some form whether that be using a cell phone‚ tablet‚ etc. The internet is a resulting cause of laziness because of easy access‚
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Stephen Marche: is Facebook making us lonely? “Is Facebook making us lonely?” In an article for The Atlantic magazine‚ Stephen Marche explores a few articles‚ expert opinion and even quotes a scientist in his quest to answer this question. The article has an overall negative tone. Although Facebook is the most well-known and widely used social media site‚ is it really the culprit? I do not think so. If being lonely is something we can control‚ then we have to read this and reflect. That is‚ of
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In Stephen Marche’s “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”‚ published in The Atlantic in May 2012‚ he brings up the topic of the growing loneliness in America and its possible connection with Facebook. Marche shows us the “accelerating contradiction” (62)‚ where the system that was designed to connect us‚ is actually causing us to become more lonely. Isolation‚ or solitude‚ does not mean that someone is unhappy. Loneliness‚ on the other hand‚ is what makes us miserable. However‚ both are on the rise.
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THE LAZY ZONE DIET The Lazy Zone Diet is a diet and lifestyle plan that divides your food portions per meal to ensure the best results. There are several rules to follow in this diet plan. The most important rules are to begin each day with a zone meal within the first hour of waking up. Each meal should include the correct portions of protein‚ carbohydrates and fat. It is important to eat three meals a day and two snacks which will equal five meals a day. You should avoid pasta‚ bread‚ grains
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Search engines has been created since the existence of computer in the early of time which is a tool that is designed for peoples these days for obtaining information from the World Wide Web or also known as the WWW domain. The most popular or commonly used search engines in the market today are Yahoo ‚ Google ‚ Bing and so forth. There is no doubt that almost everyone in this modern era are so getting used of using search engines to lend a hand in completing their tasks and also assignments and
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colleague; e-mail‚ instant messaging‚ Skype and the like‚ have enabled people to communicate in non-traditional ways and across boundaries previously inaccessible. Nicholas Carr addresses the wonder that is the internet in his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The general direction of the article is a discussion of how intelligent thought patterns seem to be changing; attention spans and critical thinking once required for thoughtful analysis appear to be moving towards a status of extinct.
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the eye. In the article “Lazy Eye (Amblyopia): Symptoms‚ Causes‚ Treatment” mentions certain symptoms to be aware of‚ and what causes lazy eye‚ as well as treatments available. Lazy eye is known as amblyopia it’s related to developmental problems associated within the brain. It’s usually a childhood eye problem that can affect one eye or both. If left untreated partial blindness or total blindness can occur in the eye(s) that are affected with lazy eye. Some symptoms of lazy eye are poor vision‚ eyes
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Computers Computers have made life easier for the human race. Americans today take for granted the great impact the computer has on their lives‚ making things easier‚ faster‚ and more convenient for them. Computers helped the world a lot and helped us take a large step into the future. Almost anything you know is run or made by computers‚ industry‚ cars‚ jets‚ and ect. Computers are the most important innovations in history‚ without computers the world would not be able to function in the
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