Some might have said that Google invent new innovative ways to learn. In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr’s that the internet is a threat to our brains‚ but there is no evidence of such cause. I found that the internet is a tool when it comes to reading‚ studying‚ and anything that I am able to find on the internet. We are in a world that enable us to learn much than in a book could which might lead to believe that technology can improve teaching and learning‚ but there still some continue
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Ronghao Tang English 101 Badge Quoting In his article: Is Google Making Us Stupid‚ the author Nicholas Carr describes how Internet searching influences he and his friends. He states that he became to lose “concentration” on books and long-articles. Therefore‚ he raises a view that we need to care about the Web information‚ although it makes human life more convenient. He wrote: “The Web [had] been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of
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Nicholas Carr‚ author of the article “Is Google making Us Stupid‚” argues that the internet is become our main source of information‚ and the internet is change the way we read and write. He also argues that one day we will be taken over by the world of technology (Carr 3). Carr gives his examples by stating a personal experience‚ anecdote stories about his friends and collogues‚ he even gives facts straight from the people who work at Google‚ and he even uses an analogy to give an example of what
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In Nicholas Carr’s piece‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid”‚ he makes an argument many people might not ever consider. He claims that the internet has actually affected how human beings process information. He begins to illustrate this point using a scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey where HAL‚ the supercomputer‚ is being disassembled by the man the machine nearly (purposefully) killed. Carr emphasizes the fact that the computer could “feel” its’ “brain” being taken away as the man stripped
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The Internet Takeover The piece‚ “Is Google Making us Stupid?”‚ by Nicholas Carr provides an interesting view from a writer’s perspective of his change in processing information due to the growing digital world. He reflects on how the internet has made his life easier but also caused his attention span to shorten. He believes that while the internet is very helpful‚ it is changing the way people think. Carr relates his struggles to those of many of his intellectual colleagues and how it has changed
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surroundings. In “Is Google Making Us Stupid” and “The Deepening Page” by Nicholas Carr the author explains the rise in value of undistracted reading and the how technology took away that skill but brought us closer to our primal way of thinking. Reading is an abnormal skill that takes training and practice. It is not something humans are born knowing how to do. In “Is Google Making Us Stupid” Carr states
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In his essay “Is google making us stupid” Nicholas Carr explains how the internet has helped us to gather vast amounts of information very quick‚ but also how it has affected our attention span when the time comes to read long pieces of texts. Carr also feels that our brains are constantly getting rewired due to the amount of time we spend online has caused him to lose concentration when he is reading. Besides‚ make it easier to find information and rewiring our brains the internet has changed the
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controversial; no one really knows how technology is going to affect us in the future. Google an internet giant‚ directs the user to any information he/she is looking for. The sole purpose of Google is to make knowledge accessible to everyone. On the other hand‚ many people believe that we are starting to rely heavily on Google. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” by Nicholas Carr‚ he states his fear of the Internet and explains how Google has already started to change his mind in the way he retains
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8/2/2015 Cultural Audit Google (Executive Summary) | Organizational Context (A.K.A the one at 8:30am) Organizational Context (A.K.A the one at 8:30am) Just another WordPress.com weblog Cultural Audit Google (Executive Summary) Filed under: Uncategorized — Leave a comment April 7‚ 2010 Executive Summary Google Inc. is a worldwide search engine that has expanded rapidly within the twelve year period it has been operating. Google is currently the number one provider and organizer of information on the internet
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I’m with Stupid by Geoff Herbach 375 pages Characters: The three main characters are Felton Reinstine‚ Abby Sauter‚ and Gus. Felton is mainly what the book talks about but Felton is always with Abby and Gus. Background: Felton is a tall strong jock that is kind of weird. He has a lot of problems because his dad killed him self when Felton was just five years old. Abby is one of the best looking girls that go their school but she also has some problems. She went from being a valedictorian to drinker
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