In Nicholas Carr’s article‚ Is Google Making Us Stupid?‚ Carr asserts his belief that because of the huge supply of information on the internet‚ the internet is causing our brains to adjust to reading‚ making it difficult to focus on the information and read deeply. Carr explains his belief by providing us with multiple experiences across the web by bloggers and researchers who have begun to study online habits‚ stating that they have noticed that they skim articles online‚ going to hyperlinks
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I can’t believe that my mom is seriously making us move. Ever since my dad passed she had been talking about moving to Connecticut. She said it would give us a fresh start and be able to get away from everything but I don’t want a fresh start I want to stay here in Raven Rock‚ California where I belong. One of the worst parts is my mom still needs our other car back in Connecticut‚ and I haven’t drove since it happened. The only way she could get her car here was for me to drive which she knew I
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SMARTPHONES COULD BE MAKING US DUMBER Mobile phones nowadays have been taking over our society so much‚ that we can’t even live without it. Even children have a smart phone today‚ is it right at this age to have one? What will be the consequences on a kid that started so young using this gadget? There are lots of advantages and disadvantages of using mobile phones. Firstly‚ the main usage of phones is to call or to text someone‚ but with the upgrade of technology‚ phones have changed completely
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Eyes Opener in Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? On May 2012‚ The Atlantic distributed the article "Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?" by Stephen Marche. In it‚ he investigates an intriguing level-headed discussion about online networking. His motivation in composing is to present an intriguing point about social networking‚ as he guarantees that Facebook‚ in particular‚ causing forlornness among clients. In reality‚ as we know it where online networking is vigorously common‚ Marche tries to convey to the
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Channing Thomas Tauva Hellie ENGL 101.05 30 October 2014 Our Generations Downfall In todays society it seems as if everybody is connected to social media somehow‚ especially us college students and young adults. It’s a way for us to connect with friends far away or even nearby. The thing is‚ social media is destroying young adults mentally and physically because it’s disconnecting them from the physical world. Texting‚ emailing‚ tweeting‚ and facebooking have become the preferred forms of communication
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2.2 Is Social Media Making Us Less Social? In a world where 850 million people are linked through a single website we feel more connected and social than ever before (Marino‚ “Is Social Media Making Us Socially Awkward”). Social media removes the need for people to physically talk and communicate to one another because we can connect with hundreds by the push of a button. From my own experiences‚ I see social media as a dark hole. We are all dragged into it and once we have started sharing‚ posting
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Level D Level D Juan Sadut (Lazy Juan) Narrated by Nicolas Zafra‚ an Ilocano from San Fernando‚ La Union. The story is very popular among the country people about San Fernando‚ he reports. (1) Many years ago there lived a certain old couple who had an only son. Juan‚ for that was the boy’s name‚ was known throughout the village as an idler‚ and for this reason he was called Juan Sadut. He had no liking for any kind of work; in fact‚ his contempt for all work was so great‚ that he never even
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Why are youngsters so lazy nowadays!\ Are kids really lazier? Or are we just more aware of the kids we didn’t necessarily cross paths with when we were younger? I know that when I was in high school‚ about half of the students went to a vocational/technical high school. Those kids learned a trade early in life‚ graduating with a certificate and a diploma. But quite a few of us were separated from that segment of the population. But let’s suppose that kids are becoming lazier. I have
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delves into dangers and the possible ill-will behind artificial intelligence in his article “Is Smart Making Us Dumb?” Artificial intelligence‚ defined by dictonary.com is as follows‚ "the capacity of a computer to perform operations analogous to and decision making in humans‚ as by an expert system‚ a program for CAD or CAM‚ or a program for the perception and recognition of shapes in computer vision systems." Thought provoking ideas are addressed such as allowing “designers to tap into peer pressure”
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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
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