to Google and all other commercial Internet companies‚ we are closer to all kinds of information‚ both useful and useless‚ than any other time in human history. In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ he admits how the immediate access to the rich store of online information is benefiting him largely as a writer (Carr‚ 589). While enjoying this positive influence of the Net‚ however‚ he brings up a side effect of the Internet which is hardly ever mentioned:
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Google Making Us Stupid‚ the author‚ Nicholas Carr suggests that the Internet affects how human beings process literary works. He begins to illustrate this point by using a scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey where the man purposely disassembles HAL‚ the supercomputer‚ in order to disconnect its ability to think for itself. Carr personifies HAL‚ and describes how it could feel its brain being taken away as the man stripped it of its memory circuits. Carr compares the sensation that the
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In the article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. He talks about the influence the Internet has on people. How easy it is with the click of a button and you can get thousands of results. This is the power of Google. It’s having effects on the brain but not quite like you would want it to. As a writer Carr would spend time reading lengthy articles. It was easy for him to do. He says that it’s not the case anymore. His concentration starts to bored after two or three pages of reading
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The internet. Such an ubiquitous entity‚ an omniscient presence in our lives that it is practically impossible to imagine a world without it. Especially in a country like the United States‚ nearly everyone’s lives revolve around it. In Nicholas Carr’s Hal and Me‚ he explores how much the internet has become essential to everything we do‚ from our work‚ school‚ and social lives. He also stresses how it has altered our very own way of thinking‚ how we are basically wired to think like the internet
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“Dave‚ stop. Stop‚ will you? Stop‚ Dave. Will you stop‚ Dave?” This essay‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr‚ starts by quoting‚ and then talks about a scene from a popular science fiction movie‚ which is not only a good hook‚ but also leads straight into his topic about the issues of technology‚ though he quickly turns to jargon and larger words‚ making it harder to read the essay‚ which is irony as the topic is about how it’s becoming harder to read in bigger chunks. He explains that
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Does it matter? - losing your legs?... How would you feel if someone asked you this? Good Morning/Afternoon. This term we have been studying propaganda and as you all know propaganda is information‚ ideas‚ or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person‚ group‚ movement‚ institution or nation. Today I will be talking about a poem called “Does it matter?” by Siegfried Sassoon. This poem talks about the struggles of coming back to everyday after the war. As you all know in 1914 there
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Reshaping Our Thought Process The Internet and other forms of technology have been involved in the reformation of our lives. The article‚ "Is Google Making Us Stupid‚" by Nicholas Carr primarily focuses on the influence of the internet on our thinking behaviors‚ while in the article "Another Look Back‚ and a Look Ahead‚" by Edward Tenner mainly focuses on advances and setbacks of that go hand in hand with technology. In the modern world‚ technology has been an extremely vital well of knowledge
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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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In the article‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is making us less attentive and overall less intelligent‚ Which in his opinion is making us "dumber". Carr’s article refers to a growing body of scientific work to prove his point. A study conducted at Cornell University revealed that while some areas such as visual-spatial intelligence are increased by internet use‚ "new weaknesses in higher-order cognitive processes‚" such as "abstract vocabulary‚ mindfulness‚ reflection‚ inductive problem
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Nicholas Carr Summary In the article “All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines”‚ Nicholas Carr conveys a message on how an overreliance with technology causes people to become helpless and naïve. Humans are undeniably defective; however‚ with the perfection in automation‚ computers have the capability to replace imperfect people. Demonstrated throughout Carr’s article‚ his concern for the future of humanity became apparent though the overreliance‚ laziness‚ and
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