In the passage The Global Village of Violence‚ Nicholas Carr establishes claims of animus behavior‚ brought on by technological increase in communication. He believes that if people as a whole could “share our thoughts and feelings with everyone else all the time” then we might be able to “overcome our distrust and fear” and possibly even “live together peacefully”. For many to be categorized as “one” is an idea that sounds relatively pleasant to most folk. But‚ could it actually be so easily attainable
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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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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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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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Angely Levis Professor Florian English 114a 11 September 2013 Response to David Carr’s Articles By reading the five different topic articles I began to see the writing style of Carr. In all five stories he always referred back to his main point. Although‚ he may have slightly drifted away with detail from what he started his article with‚ he always came back to put together what he was saying from the beginning. His style of writing is unique in ways he grabs his reader’s attention and
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article called Does the Internet Make You Dumber by Nicholas Carr states that‚ “The Internet grants us easy access to unprecedented amounts of information. Growing body of scientific evidence suggest that the Net‚ with its constant distractions and interruptions‚ is also turning us into scattered and superficial thinkers” (1). Carr states in his article that the Internet affects people in a negative way‚ messing with their attention and memory. Carr also states how focused you are affects your personality
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Kong 1 Seong Man Kong Professor Lynda Nicol ESL 52A 29 September 2012 Summary/Response: “Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” In the article” Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” Nicholas Carr told us about because of the Internet will distract us‚ down to people can’t have depth thinking when we are working‚ and this is the main idea of this article too. In Carr’s article he gave an example which is from Cornell University
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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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