Is Google Making Us Stupid
“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 impacts 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 to cogitate and analyze over and over before coming up with a verdict. Nowadays, within one minute searching with the Google toolbars, the great databases of the Internet will immediately bring the information to us. Besides, the printed books became the past thanks to the e-book and other online works on the Internet. Writing becomes a real challenge even to a writer since we spend too much time on the media.
The author strictly criticizes the Google and its high-technology toolbars because he really worries about the day humans will become more “machinelike” and no one even realizes that. Since the issue that Nicholas Carr brings up is very significant, he uses very meticulous instances to illustrate his way of thinking. The statistics used in this article are carefully checked and very specific. From the beginning, Nicholas Carr starts with various conspicuous examples to gain readers attention. Then, he uses his logical discussion to prove that Google is making our lives more “machinelike” and lazier.
In his article, Carr talks about the changes in his attention span since he began using the internet more. Carr describes this change by saying, “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a jet ski.” Carr uses many examples to support his argument which will be discussed in this paper. Carr claims the web has been a godsend to him by eliminating the days spent in periodical rooms of libraries. This same research can now
In “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” Nicholas Carr discusses over the question about the cause and effect of how Internet impacts 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 to cogitate and analyze over and over before coming up with a verdict. Nowadays, within one minute searching with the Google toolbars, the great databases of the Internet will immediately bring the information to us. Besides, the printed books became the past thanks to the e-book and other online works on the Internet. Writing becomes a real challenge even to a writer since we spend too much time on the media.
The author strictly criticizes the Google and its high-technology toolbars because he really worries about the day humans will become more “machinelike” and no one even realizes that. Since the issue that Nicholas Carr brings up is very significant, he uses very meticulous instances to illustrate his way of thinking. The statistics used in this article are carefully checked and very specific. From the beginning, Nicholas Carr starts with various conspicuous examples to gain readers attention. Then, he uses his logical discussion to prove that Google is making our lives more “machinelike” and lazier.
In his article, Carr talks about the changes in his attention span since he began using the internet more. Carr describes this change by saying, “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a jet ski.” Carr uses many examples to support his argument which will be discussed in this paper. Carr claims the web has been a godsend to him by eliminating the days spent in periodical rooms of libraries. This same research can now