Is the Internet Bad For You? Socrates feared writing would make us forgetful. He believed written knowledge didn’t give us the same wisdom as oral knowledge (100). Hieronimo Squarciafico‚ the Italian humanist‚ believed the easily available books that the printing press provided would lead to weaker minds (100). Writing and the easy access to books‚ two of the world’s biggest discoveries‚ yet they were seen as things that would harm people rather than help. Nicholas Carr advocates the harmfulness
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Good or Bad? Do you ever wonder if you are good or bad? The potential for evil scares many people. Most people these days strive to be the best they can be. They want to have excellence and do the best to their ability‚ but they do evil acts that make them the total opposite. Throughout history humans have shown that they can be evil; however‚ there are more people that possess a trait of being good. There are many ways people can be depicted as being “good”. One of those ways would be someone
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Good Action/Good Person I consider a good action to be something that helps others and is unselfish. Within the last year I have helped my Grandma through her cancer treatments. I believe that this is a good action because it was helping my Grandma in a time of need when she needed an extra hand. I took time out of my school schedule in order to help her get to and from the treatments‚ helped her around the house and visited with her giving moral support. I would get up early and drive her to the
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Fast Food Good or Bad Everyone should think twice before deciding to eat fast food. There are many health risks when it comes to eating food that’s made within a matter of seconds. The food is not properly taken care of‚ which leads all the way back to where the food is originally produced. Even if it is easy to buy and cheap‚ the health risks outweigh the five minutes of satisfaction that fast food brings. One should carefully think before they eat fast food. The health risks that come from
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As with any new technology‚ everyone is always talking about the negative side effects of the internet and saying how it ruins real face to face relationship‚ fills our minds with filth and damages our eyes and melts our brains. As usual it’s the panic mongers whose voices are most heard in the media and it’s gotten to such a point that people begin to feel guilty when they boot up their computer. The same things were said about rock music when records were at their most popular‚ and about televisions
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The Good‚ The Bad‚ The Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is one of the largest companies in the U.S. is Wal-Mart really what we need? Wal-Mart is a discount store that is bad for America and the economy and other smaller company that may be competition for Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is a big company and offers people discounts for the same products another companies may be charging higher for. So of course you would rather buy it cheaper‚ which now is putting the other business out of business and also people that
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Bad Effects Of Internet While the Internet opens a world of possibilities for young generation‚ expanding their horizons and exposing them to different cultures and ways of life‚ they can be exposed to many dangers as they hit the road exploring the information highway. Negative effects of internet such as internet addiction‚ explicit contents and plagiarism are not unusual in today’s culture‚ if not used properly‚ the Internet may be severely damaging to the mental and physical health of children
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In our generation‚ the use of computers and the Internet can aid communities by supporting communication and access to information‚ thereby building social capital and community capacity. Using computers can assist the community planning process ‚community participation‚ and information sharing .Computer-mediated communication can build community awareness‚ encourage local decision making and dialogue between groups‚ and support disadvantaged communities. Status barriers can be reduced and online
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E.V.S SCRIPT Hritik -Fact Finder Devang – Fact Finder Ashutosh – Ecologist Vasu-Student Noor-Teacher Noor: Good morning children…..sit down‚ today you’ll meet some one special….plz welcome Dr. Ashutosh….he’s one of the most famous ecologist… He’s here today to tell discuss a few things about air….we are reading that in E.V.S..right. Ashutosh: Hello children….so first of all I want to ask if any of you ever think to do something about air pollution…… Vasu:Sir…I ..think …that’s the job
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The Effects of Internet Addiction As far as the developments that have changed the world considerably throughout the history are concerned‚ the internet is one of the most notable ones. With the internet’s becoming widespread all over the world‚ one can easily find the computer connected to the internet wherever he/she goes. However‚ there are certain bad effects steaming from using the internet excessively. According to the articles “This Is Your Brain On Internet” by Terrence Sejnowski and
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