Nicholas Carr In the article by Nicholas Carr‚ "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"‚ Carr points out numerous drawbacks to today’s technology and as well as a useful tool to our society. Of course this topic of discussion has various opinions and viewpoints on whether technology is coming our aid or hurting us more in today’s world. I believe technology is in fact hurting us in some categories‚ but ultimately I believe that it is ultimately helping us grow as people and improving society as a whole. Nicholas
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October 2014 Is Google Making Us Stupid? Today‚ the Internet has become a big part of our lives. We rely deeply on it to obtain information‚ but it makes it harder for us to retain information. In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr uses allusion‚ metaphor‚ and an appeal to logos in order to explain that the Internet is making society less smart and more reliant on technology. Carr uses various allusions in order to give the reader a better understanding of technology today. He alluded to
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UCWR 110 September 8‚ 2014 Essay 1: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” summary and response Summary: In the article of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way our mind works and has some negative effects on our lives. In the article of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way our mind works and has some negative effects on our lives. The article begins with that the Internet is the excellent resource
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Samantha Hammack Dr. Turner English 111-011 24 October 2012 Rhetorical Analysis of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas G. Carr has written an abundance of articles about technology. Some of his work includes: Does It Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage‚ and The Big Switch: Rewiring the World‚ From Edison to Google. One of Carr’s achievements‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid‚” smoothly persuades the reader to believe that the Internet is taking over the human mind
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English Comp. 111 Technology in My World In today’s society there are so many things that are distractions in our everyday life. Some people are obsessed with their religion‚ some people are hooked on sports‚ but in the last forty years or so people have really become obsessed with technology. Not because technology is just the only thing out‚ but because technology has advanced in so many different ways. The cars we drive‚ phones we talk on‚ TV’s we watch have all advanced in major ways. My
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ENG 110 Is Google Making Us Stupid? “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is an article written by Nicholas Carr‚ which was published in The Atlantic in July 2008. Throughout his article‚ Carr discusses how people are beginning to rely on the internet as their primary source of information. He also states that the internet is negatively affecting the way we read and write‚ and is also having an effect on the way we process information. With the help of his fellow writers and personal research‚ he makes
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Is Google Making Us Stupid In the Atlantic Magazine‚ Nicholas Carr wrote an article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr poses a good question about how the internet has affected our brain‚ by remapping the neural circuitry and reprogramming our memory. Carr states‚ “My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell-but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the say way I used to think.” Carr went on farther‚ saying that he cannot read as long as he used to‚ his concentration starts to wonder after two or three
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Are fast-food establishments making Americans fat?. Journal of Controversial Medical Claims 10.4 (Nov 2003): p1(10). (7875 words) Show details Full Text : COPYRIGHT 2003 Aspen Publishers‚ Inc. Address correspondence to: Todd G. Buchholz U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform 1615 H Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20062-2000 Phone 202-463-5724; Fax: 202-463-5302 www.LegalReformNow.com Americans have gained weight over the course of the last century. This increase stems from a variety of
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2/21/13 Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? - Stephen Marche - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/ 1/8 Print | Close • SUBSCRIBE • RENEW • GIVE A GIFT • DIGITAL EDITION Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? SOCIAL MEDIA—FROM FACEBOOK TO TWITTER—HAVE MADE US MORE DENSELY NETWORKED THAN EVER. YET FOR ALL THIS CONNECTIVITY‚ NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN LONELIER (OR MORE NARCISSISTIC)—AND THAT THIS LONELINESS IS MAKING US MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY
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Google making us?” by William Badke responds to Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr supports his argument by stating the fact that he has totally lost his ability to think and read and that the longer we work online‚ the less tolerance we have to concentrate and contemplate. William Badke seems to support his argument but not completely. He discusses his opinion on technology and whether it impacts human thinking. He is against the fact that Google is indeed making us
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