In recent years there has been a grand debate about the virtues and flaws of many blossoming technologies; most notably being computers and the internet and their effects on the mind. I believe that the discussion of whether or not this technology is good or bad for our minds is flawed because technology is not an external influence‚ but rather an extension of our own brains. A thing cannot be good or bad for itself: it just is. This is the premise of Expanded Mind Theory. So what exactly is
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Brandt starts her article by talking about Nicholas Carr and how he is basically a Luddite‚ believing that technology‚ specifically the Internet‚ is making everyone illiterate‚ uneducated‚ and ignorant. Brandt then talks about how traditionally reading and writing are thought as one thing‚ you can’t have one without the other. But she then counters that concept‚ saying that our society is changing and we are just evolving with it. Reading and writing‚ she states are traditionally thought as one in
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The Russo-Japanese war‚ 1904-1905‚ was a huge milestone that had a significant impact on the reign of Nicholas II. His ruthless thirst for expansion and haughty determination to incite a war with Japan was a shallow decision that led to an embarrassing defeat. This defeat affected the few remaining years or his reign in many facets and was raging fuel for the Russian population. It was a potential ignition many reforms including the social reform of the 1905 revolution‚ significant judicial reforms
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What people don’t realize when using the internet is that they become addicted to easy ways to get information. The brain is affected with jumping from one page to another. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Carr declared that the internet change the way people think (Carr 500). He also wrote that the internet reduces a person ’s ability of concentration and deep thinking (501). Spending little time to gain information reduces the ability of concentration and focus‚ which is causing deep
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In Clive Thompson’s article “Smarter than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better‚” he argues that technology is positively changing the way people think and how they affect everyday activities. He uses the role of computers in chess playing as an example to steer away from the idea of “man vs. machine” and‚ instead‚ highlight the powerful relationship between humans and computers if they work together. According to Thompson‚ technology was initially created to influence intellectual
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English 102 | Essay #1 Due: September 23‚ 2014 For our first writing assignment‚ you will be writing a 2-3 page (absolutely no less than 2; no more than 3) Summary and Response essay based on ONE (1) of the following readings from class: Nicholas Carr‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” (The Atlantic) Roger Scruton‚ “A Carnivores Credo” (Harper’s Magazine) Robert A. Weinberg‚ “Of Clones and Clowns” (The Atlantic) Malcolm Gladwell‚ “Do Parents Matter?” (The New Yorker) Eric Schlosser‚ “Why
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20% of the marks for the course: 1. Does IT Matter? Written report consisting of 5-7 pages. The marks allotted for each part of the assignment are shown below in parentheses. The Assignment In the May‚ 2003 issue of the Harvard Business Review‚ Nicholas G. Carr wrote a thought-provoking and controversial article called “IT Doesn’t Matter”. In 5-7 pages‚ write a critical analysis of Carr’s article. Include the following in your analysis. 1.1 Using the Internet and other resources‚ summarize both sides
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processes we use today for learning are all pushed and loaded upon us that it goes one ear out the other. We have to constantly keep learning new things while we haven’t even truly dissected what is the true meaning of what is in front of us yet. Nicholas Carr and Socrates both promote the idea that deep reading and thinking becomes not just philosophical or theoretical‚ but biological. We should care to read these essays because they are‚ and will be a part of our future. It can affect our kids and
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“withdrawal” like symptoms‚ as they feel they are being cut off from the world‚ and everyone they must be in contact with. Some people believe that social media is useful because people have a use for it and that doesn’t make it addictive. Author Nicholas G. Carr refuses media screen addiction claiming‚ “There’s nothing unusual about this. We routinely become dependent on popular‚ useful technologies. If people were required to live without their cars or their indoor plumbing for a day‚ many of them would
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In Nicholas Carr’s essay‚ Is Google Making Us Stupid‚ he states‚ “research that once required days in the stacks or periodical room of libraries can now be done in minutes” (732). The use of technology is very beneficial and time efficient‚ however does the pros overcome the cons? Carr also discusses the fight against technology to stay focus; since now a day‚ “…three or four paragraphs is too
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