Nicholas Carr is a writer and a strong activist against the expansion of technology. He makes some extremely valid points to back up what he claims to be true regarding artificial memory and the way the internet is effecting the world today. Carr makes some good arguments‚ but with modern testing and with the proof of growth in society that comes with technology it can be hard to believe everything he says. Carr’s beliefs on artificial memory run side by side with some major plot points in the film
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is not necessarily good for kids and may be harmful to their academic performance. And this study used data from 2000 to 2005 before Twitter and Facebook took off. These two studies feed into the debate that is now surrounding Nicholas Carr’s book‚ “The Shallows.” Carr argues that the Internet is leading to a short-attention-span culture. He cites a pile of research showing that the multidistraction‚ hyperlink world degrades people’s abilities to engage in deep thought or serious contemplation
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Critical Reading Essay 1 September 25‚ 2012 “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is doing to our Brains‚” by Nicholas Carr Computer technology has evolved dramatically over the years and has significantly changed society. As technology advances‚ it transforms and improves society. Computer-related technology allows for enhancement of social functions previously difficult or impossible to execute. Computers have also accelerated productivity. Much less time is required nowadays to
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becoming a big part in our society. Nicholas Carr wrote an article called “Is Google Making Us Stupid”. Carr believes that the internet might have a very negative effect on cognition that diminishes our capacity for concentration and contemplation‚ therefore making us stupid. He argues that the internet has actually affected how human beings process information. He suggests that the internet is dangerous. Jamais Cascio wrote “Getting Smarter” in response to Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid
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Samantha Hammack Dr. Turner English 111-011 24 October 2012 Rhetorical Analysis of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas G. Carr has written an abundance of articles about technology. Some of his work includes: Does It Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage‚ and The Big Switch: Rewiring the World‚ From Edison to Google. One of Carr’s achievements‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid‚” smoothly persuades the reader to believe that the Internet is taking over the
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Us Stupid? Is Google‚ with all of its information at the tip of our fingers actually making us dumber than we are? On July 1st 2008 an article was written by Nicholas Carr titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and this article was taken differently by many people. He talks about how he has problems reading ever since he discovered Google. Carr states “my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety‚ lose the thread‚ begin looking for something else to do” (2) and he blames
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modern society. Both the supporters and the opponents of the activities in the Internet provide rather well developed and foundational arguments supporting their positions. The examples of such writings are the articles written by Clay Shirky and Nicholas Carr published. The article by Clay Shirky under the title Does the Internet Make You Smarter? claims and proves that the Internet is positively influencing the development of intellectual skills of modern people. In contrast to it‚ the opposing point
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anything for us. In Nicholas Carr’s article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” published July 2008 in The Atlantic. Carr claims that the Internet has actually affected how human beings process information. His main fear is that the Internet is changing the way that men think in a way that is destroying their ability to think deeply. As opposed‚ In Jamais Cascio’s article‚ “Getting Smarter”. Cascio is arguing his belief that people are actually getting smarter due to modern technology. Carr and Cascio have
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Although I never thought my personal life and journey with Faith as detailed in chapter one of my Pilgrimage Project would connect directly to my critical analysis of Pope Benedict XVI’s and Nicholas Carr’s views on God’s Word and Technology‚ I was surprised to find that both chapters related to and challenged one another. Comparing both chapters led me to new connections and raised some important questions about my relationship to God‚ his Word‚ and the modern technology that is so fundamental to
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Growing up in my generation has always had me wondering how different our lives would be if we had no internet. We rely on our cellphones and computers so much‚ are we really living? If we aren’t living‚ where does our happiness come in play? Melvin Kranzberg quotes: “Technology is neither good nor evil. The most we can say about it is this: It has come” (Kranzberg). Kranzberg is saying that there are advantages and disadvantages to having access to technology. We have the flexibility to learn anything
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