Is Google Making Us Stupid? By Nicholas Carr Adapted from The Atlantic Monthly July 2008 “Dave‚ stop. Stop Dave. Will you stop‚ Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:A Space Odyssey. Dave Bowman‚ having nearly been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine‚ is calmly‚ coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial brain. “Dave‚ my brain is going‚” HAL says forlornly. “I can
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Google is an internet search engine that allows users to find information on any given topic. Google was created in 1996 and has been one of the fastest growing sites ever since. Google makes it possible for any information that is needed to be available at the click of a button. Some people think Google is the best thing since sliced bread‚ but Nicholas Carr has another opinion. Personally‚ Carr thinks it could be dangerous to our minds having so much technology at our fingertips. If we go
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2011 Is Google Making Us Stupid? In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr discusses over the question about the cause and effect of how Internet impact on our thinking‚ reading‚ writing habits and how our brains react to adapt to the “new-media rule”. The author uses many specific examples and statistics to demonstrate his point of view. Throughout the first part of the article‚ Nicholas Carr argues whether our reading and writing habits may be affected by the search engines on Google. We used
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crucial channel that provides students across the globe with a gamut of information (Carr). While I do disagree that Google is making people stupid‚ I can understand how the Internet can shape a person’s though process (Carr). In my personal experience‚ Google has been a crucial tool for my success in school. Therefore‚ I a disagree with the statement that Google is making people stupid due to the fact that it provides people with immediate access to a vast channel of information. Not only is the internet
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Sydney Galligan “Is Google Making Us Stupid” 500 Word Response Carr uses a very effective method while writing his persuasive essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr clearly explains how he is in favor of how the Internet is making us thing and how the Internet is making us think differently. Carr pulls from various credible sources such as professors and studies in order to back up his theory on the Internet. Carr opens with an example from Space Odyssey and ends on the same example‚ which
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Feb.10‚ 2015 The Toulmin Method to Google Making Us Stupid University Abstract No one really knows if Google can make someone stupid. Some can argue the fact that‚ Google has changed the way we use to do things. Google has made life easier for those‚ who simply don’t want to waste time on research. Instead of doing things the old fashion way‚ we can now find everything we need at the push of a button or two. You will find a claim‚ reasons‚ and evidence to show how Google has changed our way of
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“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Summary In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr argues that our ability to focus and think critically is hindered and the Internet appears to be the cause. Carr conveys the thought that people who use the Internet on a daily basis tend to have a lack of concentration and lack of contemplation. He shows this through studies‚ his personal experiences and through other methods. Is people’s concentration really decreasing due to the Internet? Nicholas Carr argues
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In Nicholas Carr’s article‚ Is Google Making Us Stupid?‚ Carr asserts his belief that because of the huge supply of information on the internet‚ the internet is causing our brains to adjust to reading‚ making it difficult to focus on the information and read deeply. Carr explains his belief by providing us with multiple experiences across the web by bloggers and researchers who have begun to study online habits‚ stating that they have noticed that they skim articles online‚ going to hyperlinks
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Jordan Rosemond English 101 *40 Composition Professor Borton 18 November 2013 “Is Google Making Us Stupid or Getting Smarter?” Technology is 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
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Garrett Mastin English 1010 Instructor Renaud 6 February‚ 2013 Is Google making us Stupid: An article by Nicholas Carr Over history technology has changed mankind’s overall culture. From clocks to computers the use of electronics and tools is occurring every day in almost all situations. In Carr’s article “Is Google Making us Stupid?” he introduces the idea how the internet is changing our lives by making us mentally process information differently from the past‚ based off previous changes
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