Christina Robinson ENG 101 College Compositions 1 Professor Roberto C. Garcia Is Google Making Us Stupid? Feb. 18‚ 2014 Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr narrated his essay based on a thesis‚ by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001movie: A Space Odyssey. A character named Bowman‚ whom has been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine‚ is calmly‚ coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial “brain.” The
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1. Name: The age of stupid Producer: Franny Armstrong Presenter: Pete Postlethwaite Type: Documentary This documentary is about the influence of people on the total destruction of the Earth as we know it. 2. According to the presenter and producer it is our fault the earth over floods (seen in the intro). The main problem that caused the world-wide flooding and the end of the world population of people and animals as we know it was us. the human race. Or mostly they set the blame to the
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Nicholas Carr believes a person often becomes distracted due to the amount of time that they have consumed on the Internet. In Carr’s article‚ he’s not necessarily saying that Google is making us “stupid‚” but the fact that there is so much that can be going on Carr then formed a hypothesis on why he thinks people are easily distracted‚ the Internet. The Internet contains numerous of information‚ which caused individuals to change the way they process their thoughts‚ in another word‚ the way they
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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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stress to occur‚ but when sudden change in lifestyle can cause people to lose this feeling of control and contentment. Adolescent years of an individual’s life can be very strenuous‚ because of sudden change in lifestyle and understanding. In the novel Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach‚ the author uses the development of Felton Reinstein to demonstrate strenuous teenaged conflict and the struggle to find contentment. Geoff Herbach throws in difficult situations that are strenuous to Felton‚ HerBach does this
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In his article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid‚” Nicholas Carr‚ a former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review and a member of the steering board for the World Economic Forum’s cloud computing project‚ criticizes the overall impact of the internet‚ as a whole‚ on the human process of thought‚ comparing his past level of conception to “a scuba diver in a sea of words” whereas his current understanding simply “zip[s] along the surface” (Carr 68). Carr targets the prominent internet search engine
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“Stupid Freshman”‚ are the words every freshman hears entering high school. Everything they do‚ is wrong no matter what. I remember entering freshman year and being so excited‚ that was until the first month had passed. I wasn’t scared coming into highschool because I had many friends who were already in high school. Many upperclassmen tried to warn my friends and I what to do and what not to do. As usual‚ we didn’t listen. As freshman we thought we were all grown up and so mature‚ little did we
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Cody Miller Collins English 1105 30 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
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? By Nicholas Carr Adapted from The Atlantic Monthly July 2008 “Dave‚ stop. Stop Dave. Will you stop‚ Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:A Space Odyssey. Dave Bowman‚ having nearly been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine‚ is calmly‚ coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial brain. “Dave‚ my brain is going‚” HAL says forlornly. “I can
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I found Stupid White Men‚ a book written by Michael Moore‚ very interesting and funny. The humor in this book is displayed in a dark manor‚ in which he portrays Bush’s administration by highlighting their faulty decisions. Moore makes you want to read on‚ having every page filled with mind blowing facts about our president George W. Bush and the "stupid white men" behind him. Although Moore is white‚ he explains that "every bit of pain and suffering in my life has had a Caucasian face to it" (Moore
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