“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Summary In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr argues that our ability to focus and think critically is hindered and the Internet appears to be the cause. Carr conveys the thought that people who use the Internet on a daily basis tend to have a lack of concentration and lack of contemplation. He shows this through studies‚ his personal experiences and through other methods. Is people’s concentration really decreasing due to the Internet? Nicholas Carr argues
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Sydney Galligan “Is Google Making Us Stupid” 500 Word Response Carr uses a very effective method while writing his persuasive essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr clearly explains how he is in favor of how the Internet is making us thing and how the Internet is making us think differently. Carr pulls from various credible sources such as professors and studies in order to back up his theory on the Internet. Carr opens with an example from Space Odyssey and ends on the same example‚ which
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UCWR 110 September 8‚ 2014 Essay 1: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” summary and response Summary: In the article of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way our mind works and has some negative effects on our lives. In the article of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way our mind works and has some negative effects on our lives. The article begins with that the Internet is the excellent resource
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“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” In the article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid” in the magazine The Atlantic‚ the author‚ Nicholas Carr‚ recounts his difficulties with concentration while reading lengthy articles and books. Carr claims that these difficulties may be caused by an increase in the time he spends on the internet. His principle argument is that the internet provides us with a means of rapidly accessing information that we are searching for and this causes our minds to be used to obtaining
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we stop doing those actions‚ it becomes hard to do‚ and this is what happens to our brain when we switch from reading books to clicking web pages in order to get information. Deep thinking and concentration become hard abilities for people. Using Google too often could cause internet addiction which will escalate into serious problems. Humans seek for easy ways to avoid fatigue‚ sorrow‚ and sadness. Drinking alcohol is one of the approaches to avoid life issues. However‚ when drinking alcohol too
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“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” In the article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?‚” Nicholas Carr implies that he notices that something is causing his brain to change. He realizes that he is not thinking the way he used to think‚ especially during reading. While reading in the past‚ he explains how he would be able to engage in long articles or books‚ but now finds his concentration drifting away after just a couple of pages. He began to realize these differences since he has started utilizing the
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Is Google Making Us Stupid In the Atlantic Magazine‚ Nicholas Carr wrote an article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr poses a good question about how the internet has affected our brain‚ by remapping the neural circuitry and reprogramming our memory. Carr states‚ “My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell-but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the say way I used to think.” Carr went on farther‚ saying that he cannot read as long as he used to‚ his concentration starts to wonder after two or three
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“How stupid is Google making us?” by William Badke responds to Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr supports his argument by stating the fact that he has totally lost his ability to think and read and that the longer we work online‚ the less tolerance we have to concentrate and contemplate. William Badke seems to support his argument but not completely. He discusses his opinion on technology and whether it impacts human thinking. He is against the fact that Google is
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Michelle Huynh English 4 Professor Polster April 22‚ 2015 “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” In the essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains‚” the author Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet has detrimental effects by altering the way we comprehend and the way our brain functions. Carr’s mind is changing because he is not thinking the way he used to think. He used to love reading books and articles‚ but now he can barely get through two or three pages because his
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? The article written by Nicholas Carr criticizes the Internet’s (not just Google’s) effects on our cognition. It points out the problem of lower concentration and contemplation and the problem of decreased focus on long pieces of writing or reading. It also states that according to the research users are not reading in traditional sense online. Even though I am highly aware of negative effects of Internet‚ there are still many advantages that Internet and Google brought
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