With his Db-ish project‚ Canadian trumpeter Darren Barrett excavates voguish ground by merging different styles such as post-bop and hip-hop with a nice‚ cool touch‚ and then spicing it with the addition of electronic samples and other valuable soundscapes. Barrett’s music background includes a graduation at Berklee College of Music and the first place in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition‚ as well as enriching collaborations with the likes of Elvin Jones‚ Jackie McLean
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The overall subject of The Shallows is how intellectual technology influence the way we think. In his work in neurological research‚ Nicholas Carr found the opposite between the neuronal circuits of book readers and the neuronal circuits of those who use the internet. Therefore‚ he concludes in his study that the technologies we use to find store‚ and share information can literally change our mind‚ our neuronal circuits. Moreover‚ the internet includes full of interruptions and distractions which
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In the article he writes “Research that once required days can now be done it minutes” (Carr 1). By adding little bits like these in his article he still is managing to voice both sides of the argument. Later in the paragraph he shifts back to withholding his argument by saying “Unlike footnotes‚ to which they are sometimes linked‚ hyperlinks don’t merely point to related works; they propel you toward them” (Carr 1). Using this he is going back to a point earlier in the story were he explained how
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr narrated his essay based on a thesis‚ by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001movie: A Space Odyssey. A character named Bowman‚ whom has been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine‚ is calmly‚ coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial “brain.” The super computer Hal pleads‚ “Dave my mind is going.” “I can feel it‚ I can feel it.” (pg. 226) Mr. Carr supports this thesis by giving his experience online and
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Google Making Us Stupid?” published July 2008 in The Atlantic‚ he discusses the changes that have occurred since people began relying on the internet for information. His main thesis is that the human way of thinking has become impatient and unfocused. Carr supports that by writing “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.” He is frustrated that he can no longer sit down and enjoy
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simply sit and think about things for a long period of time‚ in “that true enlightenment comes only through contemplation and introspection” (Carr‚ 167). There were many examples where people the author knew‚ or the author himself‚ realized they would be unable to concentrate on a book or article the way that they used to‚ even saying “I miss my old brain” (Carr‚ 16). The distractions of hyperlinks and other articles‚
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Lord Loss Lord Loss was written by Darren Shan. It was published by Little Brown and Company in October 2005. Choosing this book came down to the captivating graphics and title on the cover of the book. This book tells a story a horrifically traumatized young man‚ Grubbs Grady‚ who after witnessing the brutal murder of his parents and older sister‚ learns of a haunting family secret and is forced to face the same terrifying creatures that literally tore his family apart. Grubbs Grady and his
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Feb 15th 2011 Is Google Making Us Stupid? In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr discusses over the question about the cause and effect of how Internet impact on our thinking‚ reading‚ writing habits and how our brains react to adapt to the “new-media rule”. The author uses many specific examples and statistics to demonstrate his point of view. Throughout the first part of the article‚ Nicholas Carr argues whether our reading and writing habits may be affected by the search engines on
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Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr asks this question in his Article published in The Atlantic Magazine and poses the readers to give it some thought. Carr is of the opinion that the internet is changing the way people think and how their minds work; hence he argues that this has a negative effect on the mind of people. Carr suggests that‚ people’s intellectual lives are becoming like a piece of work in industrial manufacturing that are built for maximum speed and efficiency (Carr n.p.). He is of the opinion
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assumed in our lives vary greatly between individuals‚ but all most often question the potential effects it has on our brains and their functions. Some‚ like the author Nicholas Carr‚ see the change as a loss rather than a gain‚ and others‚ such as the Glass explorer Gary Shteyngart‚ are welcoming the change with open arms. Carr elaborates on his technological concerns in great detail in his 2008 article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” when he reveals personal realizations‚ references to research‚ scientific
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