In an essay written by Nicholas Carr‚ "Is Google making us Stupid?"‚ Carr argues how the Internet may diminish our capacity for concentration and contemplation. He himself has experiences lack of concentration like the student. He explains‚ "….I’d spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose. That’s rarely the case anymore." But it furthermore then just diminishing the capacity for concentration‚ the internet according to Carr also affects the way of thinking. Carr clarify‚ "Today‚ in age
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Is Google Making Us Dumb? Nicholas Carr makes his point‚ Google is making us dumb‚ very clear. Carr noticed it himself. He realizes that his mind works differently when it comes to reading. Carr can’t focus on lengthy articles. After two or three lines his mind drifts away from the article and his mind tries to find something else to do. He says that this all happened from looking for information on the internet for over a decade‚ reading emails‚ scanning headlines‚ reading blog posts
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How is the evolution of technology affecting us? There are two essays that discuss this topic‚ Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ and Kevin Kelley’s “Technophilia”. Carr’s view on the evolution of technology is that it is decreasing our ability to deep read‚ and therefore decreasing our deep thought. Kelley’s view on technology is that it aids us in a multitude of ways‚ and desires to be loved. While both men have opposing views on technology‚ they do agree on one thing‚ they can’t live
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1. For what purpose does Nicholas Carr refer to HAL the computer from the film 2001? To introduce the feeling of HAL when its mind is going and Dave is disconnecting its memory circuits because Carr feels the same way. He feels someone or something “has been tinkering with my brain‚ remapping the neuronal circuit‚ reprogramming my memory”. 2. Does Carr believe that reading is an instinctive skill in humans? Explain. No‚ based on Wolf’s study‚ reading is not an instinctive skill for human beings
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Built on Soccer Fever” Deceit‚ duplicity‚ dishonesty‚ chicanery; all are used to describe things that are not always as they seem. But yet with such an apparent grasp of this concept‚ why is it so difficult to see when you’re being deceived? In Nicholas Carr’s essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and Jonathan Zimmerman’s “African National Identities Can’t Be Built on Soccer Fever” they both set out to prove this concept through the use of historical references and through the development of a counter
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr narrated his essay based on a thesis‚ by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001movie: A Space Odyssey. A character named Bowman‚ whom has been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine‚ is calmly‚ coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial “brain.” The super computer Hal pleads‚ “Dave my mind is going.” “I can feel it‚ I can feel it.” (pg. 226) Mr. Carr supports this thesis by giving his experience online
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Can Assumptions Ruin Persuasion? Persuasion is a powerful tool with the capability of transforming or creating one’s mind‚ and it is used by numerous writers‚ even if it is not acknowledged. In order to persuade‚ one must make assumptions about the audience or reader‚ and these assumptions can be either implicit or explicit. Various assumptions will be made even before the writer starts writing; a targeted audience will be imagined which will serve as a template for the writer. When it comes to
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material. We are quickly becoming ignorant of common knowledge as we grow to be more engaged in the world of technology. Many other authors‚ like Nicholas Carr‚ agree with the idea proposed by Mark Bauerlein about our generation being the dumbest. Nicholas Carr suggests that all of the technology we have easy access to is damaging concentration and reflection. Carr states‚ “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski” (Source D). The author first uses
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EDITOR’S FOREWORD This article differs from all the articles CAIS published previously in that it is a debate on the nature of IT written by practitioners from three different points of view. It deals with IT Doesn’t Matter‚ a polemic written by Nicholas Carr‚ then editor of the Harvard Business Review in which he argued that the days when IT offered strategic advantage are long since gone and that managers therefore should undertake a different approach to IT. The paper‚ obviously‚ became notorious
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Cited: Carr‚ Nicholas. “Is google making us stupid?” The Atlantic July/August 2008: Web. Nov. 12‚ 2012 Connor‚ Steve. “Overpopulation ’is main threat to planet ’” The Independent Jan. 7‚ 2006: Web. Nov. 24‚ 2012 David‚ Julia. “Over-reliance on technology is bad
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