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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What makes us who we are? What makes us who we are can be a lot of different things‚ people or experiences. Knowing what makes us who we are is important because that’s what the world see’s. That’s the impression people get from you‚ and usually their attitude towards you. Your culture and the people you spend time around are usually the most influential. Culture is the single most powerful influence on how we perceive the world and everything in it. Anyone who does not share in our culture
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Aids Makes Us Equal People are constantly surrounded by the media. People see ads in newspapers‚ magazines‚ on television‚ billboards‚ at bus stops‚ the sides of vehicles; it is almost impossible not to notice some form of advertisement. The media uses advertisements to introduce a new product or a way of life. It tries to manipulate the viewers through their product to either get them to buy it or use it. Other forms of advertisements are designed to raise awareness or apprising the population
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How Diversity Makes Us Smarter Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative‚ more diligent and harder-working. Sep 16‚ 2014 |By Katherine W. Phillips 0 The first thing to acknowledge about diversity is that it can be difficult. In the U.S.‚ where the dialogue of inclusion is relatively advanced‚ even the mention of the word “diversity” can lead to anxiety and conflict. Supreme Court justices disagree on the virtues of diversity and the means for achieving it. Corporations
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The premier episode of Westworld had me immediately hooked with the important questions it raises about robots‚ artificial intelligence and what makes one human. I think the primary reason it raises these questions so powerfully is it makes its viewers sympathetic with the robots. It does this by first telling the story of two robots‚ Dolores and Teddy‚ as they go through their everyday life‚ letting the audience think they are human. While there are small quirks that raise suspicion that these characters
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doors‚ are all a reality of our life. We have to face adversities and obstacles that block our path. Yet‚ it is these insurmountable challenges that truly make us think critically and try to come up with a brilliant idea that moves us step forward toward our dreams and aspirations. It is exactly these "closed doors" that bring out the best in us. Examples abound throughout human history. In prehistoric times‚ man was exposed to the elements without a single defense. In harsh times such as winter
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Facebook doesn’t make us lonely The cyber media privileged us connect to in every corner of world profoundly; the drastically arising of social loneliness become a public issue .The ongoing studies doesn’t still show where the booming problem arose from but the miss using of this technology may disturbs our routine of norms and contribute the strength of loneliness. Before‚ in village you hear everybody’s business around but more people now living in big urban cities
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The first Monitor article I read was called “Does marriage make us happy?” According to Daniel Gilbert‚ PhD‚ married people are happier than unmarried people. It isn’t marriage that makes us happy‚ but a happy marriage that makes us happy. Gilbert also says that money can buy happiness. The happier people make between $40‚000 and $70‚000. The reason for this‚ according to Gilbert‚ is that people with money enjoy better nutrition‚ can go places with loved ones‚ worry less about their children and
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Trials Come to Make Us Stronger In my Strategies for Success class‚ my instructor showed us‚ J.K. ROWLING’S‚ author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series‚ Commencement Address‚ “The Fringe Benefits of Failure‚ and the Importance of Imagination‚” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Her commencement address was very moving to me. One reader commented that “she masters the skill of communication being “autobiographical” in her presentation‚ making use of humor‚ self criticism
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Language is what makes us as humans unique; it differentiates us from primates. Generally it is acquired in childhood and is developed throughout our lives. Yet what would happen if language was not acquired in childhood? Lennberg (1967: as cited in Grimshaw‚ Adelstein‚ Bryden & MacKinnon‚ 1998).) claims that there is a critical period for when language must develop‚ (after infancy and before puberty) otherwise it will never reach its potential. Using this as a basis for the question can language
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