Assignment #1: "IT Doesn’t Matter" by Nicholas Carr Nicholas Carr wrote an article entitled IT Doesn’t Matter at first; it reads controversial and needs full of interpretations for the readers. As we read the entire story‚ the author might have a different interpretation of IT and probably points out that we really don’t need IT too much‚ the companies should not spend too much on IT and not more for strategic advantage. Carr said that having IT may delivered the business at risk; instead of
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the newest form of technology‚ which has an effect on every North American. In Nicholas Carr’s article‚ “It Doesn’t Matter”‚ he compares information technology to the rapid advancement and decline of outdated technology such as the railroad. Electricity‚ railroad‚ and steamboats were the dominant technology that provided firms
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1- Reflection on the article of Carr In May 2003‚ Harvard Business Review (HBR)‚ a magazine mainly addressed to business people in general such as managers‚ analysts and strategists etc.‚ and IT constituencies in particular such as vendors‚ researchers‚ engineers etc.‚ published a revolutionary article written by Nicholas Carr entitled “IT doesn’t Matter”. This article has created a huge debate within the IT industry‚ from opponents and proponents the opinions differ considerably. So in order
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Nicholas Carr is a first gerenration‚well informed author who writes about how the internet is impacting our minds and lives.Since 2003 Carr has been writing critically about the consequences due to this vast creation‚ that is the internet. He has written several books and articles including “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” and "IT Doesn’t Matter". This response essay is to one of Nicholas Carrs articles in particular from The Atlantic called‚ “ Is Google Making Us Stupid
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Marcela Lopez English 110 B. Ruff 3 Feb. 2011 Deceptive Reality Television Unfortunately‚ today’s popular culture highly regards reality shows that are far from being real. Richard Huff’s title “Real or Not‚ It Doesn’t Matter” clearly states this fact; the public enjoys watching these shows‚ even though it knows that they are deceitful. Reality shows are fallacies‚ the work of the producers and editors‚ who work hard to make people believe that they are watching truthful situations. The impact
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possible (Boss 234). Additionally in utilitarianism‚ the morality of an action is determined only by its consequences. In other words‚ intentions are meaningless (Boss 234). Personally‚ I do not agree with the utilitarian notion that intentions don’t matter because no one can predict the consequences of their actions 100 percent of the time. For instance‚ most people would agree that giving a homeless person money is the morally right thing to do. While you intended for them to use that money for food
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Globalization & Technology We all know that technology is all around us in our everyday lives‚ when we are at school‚ work‚ or just at home technology is present. But have we ever realized how big of a role technology plays on a global scale. Nicholas Carr shows us just how much technology is used on a global scale in his book the Shallows. To begin with‚ Social media is one of the biggest players in global communication. If someone posts a video on youtube that lives in Clarkston is can be viewed
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information almost instantaneously. The internet has become our way of life just due to all the things it has for us. The invention of the internet is almost as powerful as maps and clocks and even the radio; This can be seen in The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. One of the biggest things the internet and advanced technology has created‚ would have to be all forms of social media. A huge benefit for social media would have to be staying connected with people. By using social media friends and family can
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In Nicholas Carr’s book The Shallows‚ he talks about many things‚ including the titular topic of What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. He relates the story of the development of the written word‚ and the book‚ and the computer‚ and then the Internet‚ telling how the advent of each sparked a revolution in our culture‚ and‚ in the case of the internet‚ in the way we think‚ going on to say that “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a jet ski.” (Carr
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discover thousands of sites with information relevant to their desired topic. Although having information at your fingertips is convenient and fast‚ it has stripped the millennials ability of elaborate reading and analysis of a lengthy narrative. Carr claims that the internet has been "chipping away" (Source 4) at millennial’s concentration. Brainwashing them into becoming dependent on the web for the entirety of our information‚ whether it be for educational information or even for a simple question
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