It’s our ability to think deeply about that information.” (Is Google Making Us Stupid?) There are very many risks to technology. This is unfortunate because technology rates are growing rapidly. Some risks to technology include causing distractions‚ and causing addiction. (Source 2) To begin with‚ a risk of technology is causing distractions. “If we’re distracted we understand less‚ remember less‚ and learn less.” (Is Google Making Us Stupid?) That is the major problem with the internet and technology
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Major Paper II Rhetorical Analysis: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way that we think and that it diffuses our focus and our ability to comprehend information. Throughout his article‚ he makes use of Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and Logos to persuade the reader to his point of view on the Internet in a negative way. One way Nicholas Carr persuades the reader by using Ethos is that he mentions a person who is well versed in the
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In his essay “Is google making us stupid” Nicholas Carr explains how the internet has helped us to gather vast amounts of information very quick‚ but also how it has affected our attention span when the time comes to read long pieces of texts. Carr also feels that our brains are constantly getting rewired due to the amount of time we spend online has caused him to lose concentration when he is reading. Besides‚ make it easier to find information and rewiring our brains the internet has changed the
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Ronghao Tang English 101 Badge Quoting In his article: Is Google Making Us Stupid‚ the author Nicholas Carr describes how Internet searching influences he and his friends. He states that he became to lose “concentration” on books and long-articles. Therefore‚ he raises a view that we need to care about the Web information‚ although it makes human life more convenient. He wrote: “The Web [had] been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of
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scientists say that” Internet users showed greater brain activity than nonusers‚ suggesting they were growing their neural circuitry. Or that people learn best when focused and the internet is a distraction‚ “ Google contains the world’s best writing‚ images‚ and ideas.”( Is Google Making Us Stupid?‚ Norvig) Are the world’s greatest writing‚ images‚ and ideas such as William Shakespeare‚ Mario Testino‚ or William James Sidis a distraction? Our schools should not participate in “Shut Down Your Screen
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Some might have said that Google invent new innovative ways to learn. In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr’s that the internet is a threat to our brains‚ but there is no evidence of such cause. I found that the internet is a tool when it comes to reading‚ studying‚ and anything that I am able to find on the internet. We are in a world that enable us to learn much than in a book could which might lead to believe that technology can improve teaching and learning‚ but there still some continue
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In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” published in The Atlantic Magazine‚ Nicholas Carr begins by talking of a national issue. Our concentration levels are diminishing. Carr uses the title to point out google as the perpetrator‚ but he refers to the web as a whole. He used to be able to read for hours. However‚ he struggles with reading a few pages now. Carr says that our brains are being programmed to learn the answer and shut down. You no longer submerge yourself into knowledge. You simply
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search engines‚ particularly Google‚ a researcher can virtually search anything that he or she need to know within a minute’s time. Given that‚ Is Google making us humans stupid? According to some‚ the use of Google is making us lazy‚ stupid‚ incompetent people that do not digest the knowledge the way we did years ago when long and strenuous hours were spent basking in the library’s atmosphere soaking up all the information we could‚ one page at a time. While Google has drastically changed the way
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Nicholas Carr‚ author of the article “Is Google making Us Stupid‚” argues that the internet is become our main source of information‚ and the internet is change the way we read and write. He also argues that one day we will be taken over by the world of technology (Carr 3). Carr gives his examples by stating a personal experience‚ anecdote stories about his friends and collogues‚ he even gives facts straight from the people who work at Google‚ and he even uses an analogy to give an example of what
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MIS(Management Information Systems) Student Number : 20100599 Lecturer : Dr .Mary Agoyi The Google 1. How is Google’s mission statement related to its business strategy? Google is an organization that provide information to the world in which it can be accessible easily and letting people make use of the information and to make the world’s information universally accessible and useful. Google is always takes risk‚ because they really want to expand their market size so that it can reach the
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