Andro Khalil 9/20/2014 Professor Jama “Is Google making us stupid?” As days pass by in front of our eyes and as the generations are changing‚ the world is changing dramatically and being remodeled to where Google is the book of answers. Life isn’t as challenging for our community and does not push anyone to put in any effort as it did Fifty years ago. Nicholas Carr has every right to publish this article on how reading isn’t the same anymore. Books can be looked at as rare no-a-days‚ something
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“Summer really does tend to be a time of reduced productivity. Our brains do‚ figuratively‚ wilt‚” argues Maria Konnikova in “Why Summer Makes Us Lazy.” She asserts that bad weather improves productivity‚ while a hot weather can reduce attention and energy. While I agree that summer can make us lazy because of ideas of leisure‚ I disagree that bad weather can increase productivity because‚ when it is raining hard‚ I actually prefer to sleep than work. I agree that summer can decrease productivity
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Today’s world is full of pieces of technology that we take for granted‚ the microchip has truly revolutionised the way in which we live and do business. The world we see would not be recognisable to people of a few generations ago and nowhere is this truism greater than in the world of computing. Hence it is important to stay up to date with technology news; while many may think that this type of news is purely for geeks it is clear that all of us should have at least a passing interest in news of
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their electronic device without using their brain to think about it. It is more convenient then just popping open a text book or waiting for someone to explain an answer to you. It becomes more of a distraction then help. Google has simply made humans lazy. Google has become our escape from using our brains. It is the artificial intelligence. The internet is a collaboration of others ideas‚ opinions‚ and data there right at the fingertips of others. It is access to an infinity amount of information
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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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Technology has indeed made us less human. I do agree with this statement. What is technology? Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools‚ techniques‚ crafts‚ systems or methods of organization in order to provide means of solution. We "interact" with technologies on a daily basis. Over the years‚ technologies have been invented to address society’s problems or to fulfill its growing desire for speed and convenience. However some humans desire so much into technology that they disregard human
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2/21/13 Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? - Stephen Marche - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/ 1/8 Print | Close • SUBSCRIBE • RENEW • GIVE A GIFT • DIGITAL EDITION Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? SOCIAL MEDIA—FROM FACEBOOK TO TWITTER—HAVE MADE US MORE DENSELY NETWORKED THAN EVER. YET FOR ALL THIS CONNECTIVITY‚ NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN LONELIER (OR MORE NARCISSISTIC)—AND THAT THIS LONELINESS IS MAKING US MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY
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Today we live in the 21st century‚ a century ruled by technology. Like everything‚ technology has its advantages and disadvantages but we can’t argue about the fact that it helped developing our world. When radio and television were invented‚ people thought that was not possible to create such things and doubted there would ever be something bigger. They were wrong‚ seeing as nowadays having a television is quite common. What’s not common is the amount of devices that has been created to entertain
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are lazy and don’t care about the future. Most teenagers would rather just lay back and relax and not have to do anything. They would rather eat‚ sleep‚ rave‚ and repeat is basically how most teens are. I chose three reasons on why teens are lazy and those reasons are is that they love food‚ they would rather sleep then do anything else‚ and when it comes to doing something by there selves they find an easy way out of doing it. The first reason I put is they love food. That makes them lazy because
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that depends on if it is making us smarter. There is a lot of technology coming out these days‚ and most of it is helpful to almost everyone. Essentially‚ technology is making us smarter. But‚ some technology is making short cuts for us. Students used to go to the library and checked out books to help with their homework. Nowadays‚ students go home and Google the answers‚ rather than searching for information to help them. In my opinion‚ the technology is making us better readers. The more a
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