The Shallows is a book‚ which outlines the effects that the Internet and an increase of technology in our daily lives is having on the mind of humans. Carr highlights the observations he has made through his own research stating that as a society we are “more socially focused and efficient than ever before.” However‚ Carr goes on to detail that this efficiency comes with a price‚ our brains and its neurons are easily re-routed through just a simple daily hour on the computer our neurons begin reacting
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Shallow foundations Shallow foundations are those founded near to the finished ground surface; generally where the founding depth (Df) is less than the width of the footing and less than 3m. These are not strict rules‚ but merely guidelines: basically‚ if surface loading or other surface conditions will affect the bearing capacity of a foundation it is ’shallow’. Shallow foundations (sometimes called ’spread footings’) include pads (’isolated footings’)‚ strip footings and rafts. Shallows foundations
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Shallow Hal Essay Imagine you are participating in a speed-dating program. During your remaining ten minutes of the event‚ you meet two last suitors. The first suitor is short‚ overweight‚ hairy except on his head‚ slight acne marks‚ crooked teeth‚ dresses up as Austin Powers‚ etc. However‚ the first suitor is remarkably sweet. Within the five-minute frame you learn he volunteers to help the elderly and handicap civilians‚ he donates clothes to the less fortunate‚ he works extra side jobs to pay
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Matter? An HBR Debate to the Editor 1 Introduction by Thomas A. Stewart 2 5 7 6 Letters from: John Seely Brown and John Hagel III F Warren McFarlan and Richard L. Nolan . Paul A. Strassmann Other readers 17 Reply from Nicholas G. Carr Order the article‚“IT Doesn’t Matter” E-mail us at hbr_letters@hbsp.harvard.edu Every magazine has an ideal‚ or an idealized‚ reader. For Harvard Business Review‚ he or she is an executive of uncommon intelligence and curiosity: the brightest
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The overall subject of The Shallows is how intellectual technology influence the way we think. In his work in neurological research‚ Nicholas Carr found the opposite between the neuronal circuits of book readers and the neuronal circuits of those who use the internet. Therefore‚ he concludes in his study that the technologies we use to find store‚ and share information can literally change our mind‚ our neuronal circuits. Moreover‚ the internet includes full of interruptions and distractions which
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technology that is causing us to lose some of our most human traits. Nicholas Carr wrote a book called The Shallows that is about the mind-altering technology advancement the web. In his book‚ Carr says “ I’m not thinking the way I use to think. I feel it most strongly when I’m reading. I used to find it easy to immerse myself in a book or a lengthy article. Now my concentration starts to drift after a page or two”(Carr 22). This is one of the first signs of the
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The Shallows Rhetorical Analysis In the book “The Shallows”‚ Nicholas Carr develops his argument just as an architect would construct a building. The foundation is laid then in tedious and eloquent manner‚ he begins an argument that defines the book. Shedding light upon the dangers our society may encounter through the internet‚ Carr uses personal anecdotes‚ parallels‚ ethic and reason based arguments‚ and disguises himself as an authoritative figure to execute a view changing book. Exerting
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smarter than us (so long as she has access to the web) Life has become more complex but we hardly ever notice it because technology/Google has made complexity simpler than ever. In the book‚ The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains‚ which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize‚ Nicholas Carr makes the case that technology is inducing an intellectual decay in our brains. It’s a provocative and even counterintuitive claim but one that he backs up with ample findings from neuro science
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“The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains.” “We willingly accept the loss of concentration and focus‚ the division of our attention and the fragmentation of our thoughts‚ in return for the wealth of compelling or at least diverting information we receive.” Addiction is the relentless pull to a substance or an activity that becomes so compulsive it ultimately interferes with everyday life. By that definition‚ nearly everyone I know is addicted in some measure to the Internet. It has
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According to Nickolas Carr‚ a blogger and Pulitzer Prize winner‚ our minds are changing. In‚ Is Google making us stupid?‚ Carr discusses how we‚ as humans‚ have adapted to different thinking skills to were nowadays it is affecting individuals. He first leads by claiming‚ “my mind isn’t going -- so far as I can tell -- but it’s changing”. This leads into him discussing how he no longer feels he can progress into a suitable book without facing numerous difficulties with concentrating. That he seems
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