In his article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid‚” Nicholas Carr‚ a former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review and a member of the steering board for the World Economic Forum’s cloud computing project‚ criticizes the overall impact of the internet‚ as a whole‚ on the human process of thought‚ comparing his past level of conception to “a scuba diver in a sea of words” whereas his current understanding simply “zip[s] along the surface” (Carr 68). Carr targets the prominent internet search engine
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Google‚ the search engine that majority of people see when opening up the internet. The website that delivers information for almost any subject imaginable. Think about it‚ when you have a hard time figuring something out or a question with no answer where do you run to. Most people click open Google on their electronic device without using their brain to think about it. It is more convenient then just popping open a text book or waiting for someone to explain an answer to you. It becomes more of
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The question that Nick Carr is asking in his article “Is Google making us Stupid‚” is if the availability and convenience of the internet is causing people to become lazy‚ or stupid. Supporters of the internet argue that we will enter a “golden age of intellectual discovery and universal wisdom” (Carr). Everyone will be able to access the internet and the knowledge that is available. This would result in faster and more efficient access to information‚ which would lead to our brains understanding
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In this article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr discusses the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence as the main source of knowledge. Artificial intelligence has the ability to condense one’s life into the cyber world‚ most time of a phone or computer: “It’s becoming our map and our radio and T.V” (Carr‚ 3). Giving that much control and information about one’s life into such a system that is insecure and easily accessible can be very
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andconnected.-Facebook markets themas a platform that allowsusers to connect.Google+ - An estimated343 millionmonthly activeusers.-G+ integratesyoutube andandroid to gaincompetitiveadvantage overFacebook.-Organize theworld’s informationand make ituniversallyaccessible anduseful.-G+ markets them as anextension to otherservices(gmail‚search‚videosharing youtube ‚photosharing - picasa) itprovides.So.cl Still in Experimental phase 4. 4. 3) ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS :a) Demographic trends : Facebook is free social
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Facebook is an online social networking service‚ whose name stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other.[7] It was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin‚ Andrew McCollum‚ Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.[8] The website’s membership was initially limited by the founders
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people learn. The invention of the computer as well as the Internet has‚ in many ways‚ offered new ways of learning. Today‚ children can learn by surfing the Internet and more particularly by “googling” the information needed. Google has succeeded in making the Internet a far more efficient informational medium. Google’s search engine has been engineered to produce better results as the web grows and thereby offer children information needed for their education or for their personal leisure. Without
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What is the main claim/thesis? The main claim‚ or thesis‚ is that the more dependent we become with computers and other technology‚ the more our own intelligence declines and the more brain-dead we become. According to Kubrick’s dark prophecy‚ by using this technology to understand different aspects of the world‚ we are generating artificial intelligence. What are the means of support for the claim? The means of support Carr uses are personal testimonies‚ examples‚ and appeal to logic and
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Google is an internet search engine that allows users to find information on any given topic. Google was created in 1996 and has been one of the fastest growing sites ever since. Google makes it possible for any information that is needed to be available at the click of a button. Some people think Google is the best thing since sliced bread‚ but Nicholas Carr has another opinion. Personally‚ Carr thinks it could be dangerous to our minds having so much technology at our fingertips. If we go
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8-28-13 Facebook for the Better or Worse? Social Media is one aspect of technology that has recently taken the world by storm‚ affecting others’ lives as well as my own. One of the first and most influential texts I have ever encountered is the social media website Facebook. From this outlet of technology‚ I learned more about what was going on in the world and how people of all ages reacted to significant events and even led me to form my own opinions about the subjects. Facebook is also a
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