While I was scrolling through my Instagram feed many distractions interfered with that process‚ just like the distractions Nicholas Carr wrote about in Is Google Making Us Stupid? To begin with‚ one of the biggest thing in the way of the internet today is advertisements and how they’re related to my interests‚ which Instagram just started to have advertisements. Another reason I can’t put the internet down‚ is because I get so lost on other peoples Instagram pages. Lastly‚ Instagram is a free place
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Connected and alone We have all experienced being alone and feeling as though there is no one there for us‚ even though we may be surrounded by many people. It can be an uncomfortable feeling. We are social beings. From the moment we are born we seek connection with other people. We listen for a voice‚ feel for a touch and try to make eye contact in order to experience this connection. From infancy through childhood to adolescence we depend on our connection with our caregivers to help us understand
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Nicholas Carr‚ based on his essay‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” would disagree with Steven Pinker’s “Mind Over Mass Media.” Pinker believes that technology is the only thing that keeps us smart in a society level by making it easier to be informed about everything‚ while Carr believes that it affects our critical thinking ability because having access to so much information makes us skim through the reading‚ so even though we are reading many things‚ it does not mean we are actually holding on to
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One of the main premises in Nicholas Carr’s book “The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains” is the Flynn effect. The Flynn effect refers to the steady increase in IQ scores the past century. People think the Flynn effect occurred because our technology advanced. The Flynn effect however was in motion before the internet became a mainstream‚ even before the world wars. Also because of the rapid increase in IQ scores the past century graphs show that the Fathers of America would have
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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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In Nicholas Carr’s article‚ “Does the Internet Make You Dumber”‚ and Steven Johnson’s article‚ “The Genius of the Tinkerer”‚ these men share their perspective on the Internet. The authors believe that the Internet is a source for lots of information‚ but they differ in that Carr believes that the distractions of the Internet do not allow for deep thoughtful ideas‚ and on the other hand Johnson believes that the collaboration provided by the Internet allows for greater ideas. Nicholas Carr and
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and the way we use our faculties of attention. In the articles‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?: What the Internet is doing to our brains” and “Is Google wrecking our memory?” Nicholas Carr and Clive Thompson discusses that humans being are taking over by the use of technology and is affected major parts of our social lives. Carr argues that internet is just a set for people to make money‚ and how our critical thinking skills and attention span is degrading. While Thompson argues that using technology
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In the article‚ author Nicholas Carr‚ presents a very interesting question: is Google making us stupid? Throughout the article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Carr provides his audience with plenty of factual information. The audience somewhat travels through a time lapse of how we started out reading simple pieces of literature way back before the printing press was invented and now have evolved into reading articles online. The information leaves the reader thinking about whether or not this is
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Is Google Making Us Stupid Summary Nicholas Carr begins his essay‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains” he references Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ particularly the part where a character is dismantling the brain of and artificial intelligence machine. Carr goes so far as to say that he can relate to the aforementioned machine because he feels his brain has also been tampered with. He quickly loses interest in the activities he used to enjoy‚ such
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technology. In the article titled “Out Semi-Literate Youth? Not So Fast” by Andrea Lunsford‚ she explains the importance of technology and how‚ in most cases‚ technology is able to help develop students. In another article titled “Hal and Me” by Nicholas Carr‚ he stresses the point that technology is pushing ‘the good life’ to the wayside. Although both authors have different opinions when it comes to technology‚ they both agree that changes are occurring due to technological influences on peoples’
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