Stupid is as stupid does. “My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think.” (Carr, Nicholas “Is Google making us stupid?”) I have asked myself the question “Is Google making us stupid?” (Carr) a dozen times while trying to write this paper. For me, we are only as stupid as we give ourselves credit for, Google or no Google. When I think of all the things that I would love to know, I don’t blame the Internet, Google or the amazing strides that
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These advancements are what have led to the invention of Google. Google, which is an information site, has made academic life very easy. It is now easier to access information of different times within a short period. However, the effect of Google has led to a lot of controversies. Is Google really making us stupid or clever. This question requires a lot of insight and analysis in order to answer it. Some people say that Google makes us to be stupid while others are of the contrasting idea. Each side
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extremely functional for us. Among those, search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo are especially popular among computer users. However, some critics believe that these websites are making us stupid. Among those critics, Carr in “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” focuses on how Google is making us lose concentration. On the other hand, computer users like me, writer Zimmer in “How Google Is Making Us Smarter,” and author Chamorro-Premuzic in “Is Technology Making Us Stupid (and Smarter)?” think otherwise
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Analysis, Response “A Google, Google, Google, Google World” McCracken, Harry. "A Google, Google, Google, Google World." PC World Communications, Inc. 28.8 (2005): 17-18. Print. “A Google, Google, Google, Google World” by Harry McCracken, in PC World is an article that touches on the uses of Google as a search engine. McCracken states in his article Google’s slogan "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful”. But he goes on to mention that Google now, more than ever
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Thomas Chamorro and Nicholas Carr, they talk about how the internet is making people stupid. However, in article C, written by Peter Norvig, it talks about how the internet is actually making us smarter. In my opinion, the internet is making us stupid because we get distracted very easily and people aren’t actually using their full ability to think deeply. First of all, we are going to talk about how the internet is distracting us from doing other things. For instance, in the text it states, “If we’re
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Morgan Willoughby Mr. Segars English Composition II 17 February 2014 Reaction to “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr In “Is Google Making us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr suggests that Google and the ability to quickly access information is shrinking our attention span, and changing the way we view things. He starts off by saying the Internet is a resource we can use for almost anything. However, it is damaging our ability to focus. Carr describes how he has asked many of his friends and acquaintances
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how technology is not making us stupid, but is actually making us smarter: “ The Internet and information technologies are helping is manage, search and retrieve our collective intellectual output at different scales, from Twitter and previews to e- books and online encyclopedias. Far from making us stupid these technologies are the only thing keeping us smart.”(Pinker). The constant updates that these devices are giving us are yes, more convenient but not making us stupid. Pinker believes that the
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change would come with it. Some of the change maybe good and some bad. The Internet has brought a lot of information to us that is now easily accessible. With the help of Google and smartphones, the Internet is accessible almost anywhere and we can find answers quickly. In Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making us Stupid?” He discusses how he believes Google and the Internet is making us change. “My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think.” (Carr)
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The Wonders and Wonder Falls of the Internet After multiples readings of Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, I found that he is writing from his own person experiences as well as what he deliberates, contemplates, and gets from other significant opinions and/or research. He has a major point that he makes very clear in his text. There are also several indented points that Carr points out. I want to point out that some of the statements made by Carr went through my thoughts as it was
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After reading the article I arrived at the conclusion that a person could allow google to make them become lazy; this laziness can result in the loss of brain cells. Consequently the person would become “stupid”. Dr. Victoria found that multiple hours of television and computers will cause certain tissues of the brain to depreciate in size and volume. The main areas of the brain affected by the
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