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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is dangerous to individuals and relationships and shows an arrogant belief to the world of science. Despite this hierarchical world it isn’t the technology that stands alone as dangerous to individuals‚ instead it is the human sprit or lack of it and the desire one has to reach their dreams that have an innate effect on ones future. The use of technology to enhance individual’s capabilities is what rules Niccol’s society of Gattaca. An ideology of success‚ linked with genetic engineering dominates
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In “Is Google Making us Stupid”‚ an article published in Atlantic Monthly 2008‚ Nick Carr writes that Google has made it easier for us to take in information‚ quickly at great volumes‚ the effect of the mechanical clock‚ along with the algorithm‚ and finally he finishes his essay writing about Google being a perfect search engine. Carr states that the technology is changing the way that society reads and writes; the Internet is shaping the process of thought. The Internet has caused the concentrations
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I think that the US should relax their body fat requirements because it doesn’t matter if someone if fat or not it only matters of they can do their job right. If someone is really good at their job you aren’t going to fire them you are just going to try to get them to get in better shape. Also you don’t want to work with a recruit to get them to that same level as the previous person was. The US Navy is giving soldiers another chance to meet the body fat requirements they need to keep their job
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My name is gkfsdhf hdskjvsd and I am 18 years old. I was born and raised in a large suburb in upstate New York. I live with my father‚ James; my mother‚ Deborah; and my younger brother‚ who is sixteen‚ Garrett. We live on a quiet street‚ and I have lived there all my life. We also have a puppy named Buddy‚ who is a very important member of our family. When I was very young I went to preschool and got involved in dance and gymnastics‚ which took up a great amount of my time and first got me involved
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new modes of communication and social networks available to us making us more anti-social and rude? Today we have the choice of voice‚ video‚ text‚ instant message‚ social networks‚ gaming networks‚ Skype‚ Google Voice‚ voice enabled Twitter and Facebook etc. These choices and the advances in mobile communication devices are responsible for this communication paradigm shift. The ability to take all this communication with you has changed us as much‚ or more‚ than the communication applications themselves
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Avoid trans fats for health. Trans fat is an unhealthy substance‚ also known as trans fatty acid‚ made through the chemical process of hydrogenation of oils. Hydrogenation solidifies liquid oils and increases the shelf life and the flavor stability of oils and foods that contain them. Trans fat is found in vegetable shortenings and in some margarines‚ crackers‚ cookies‚ snack foods and other foods. The US FDA in 1999 proposed that the Nutrition Facts labels on vegetable shortenings and some cookies
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“Fat is a Feminist Issue” Summary Susie Orbach writes about the reality that many women face with problems of obesity‚ overweight‚ social roles‚ and sex-stereotypes in the US. In “Fat is a Feminist Issue” the author writes in extend to the main problem that women face with overweight in America‚ how it has become a serious issue in the topic of obesity‚ and the typical “sex-role stereotypes” differences that exist today (449). Manipulated by media ads and the pressure on women to pursue the ideal
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Is Fat Stigma Making Us Miserable? - New York Times According to Jeffrey Hunger‚ “people assume there is a direct relationship between how much people weigh and their psychological health.” People that are overweight are more likely to report problems with depression‚ anxiety‚ and low self-esteem. However‚ majority of the time it’s due to the individual experiencing weight-based discrimination. Also‚ when individuals face discrimination because of their weight‚ they tend to avoid exercising in the
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The internet is a technology which has had a significant impact on the way many people conduct their lives. Information once contained in massive volumes at libraries or in private collections is now available by typing words into a search engine and clicking “search.” One must no longer pick up a phone to call a friend‚ relative or colleague; e-mail‚ instant messaging‚ Skype and the like‚ have enabled people to communicate in non-traditional ways and across boundaries previously inaccessible.
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