Carr's argument is based on history, scientific studies and his own experience, as well as that of others. Take an opposite position and discuss what evidence you would use in writing a counter argument to his text. (3 paragraph minimum)
Technology has expanded our intelligence rather than decrease it. People literally are now able to access anything they want when they want it. No longer are there any limits when trying to obtain knowledge. It is easy to say that with advances, such as Google, humans are able to share every single thought with one another in an instant. These expansions have destroyed borders and distance. In some ways it brings all our thoughts and ideas into one central place. Yes, more and more evidence is showing that these technologies are changing our brains processes is a somewhat negative way. In defense in this era everything and everyone is always in a rush to get something or someone. Soon enough our brains will change to help us comprehend the pace of our society. You must be able to do things as fast as you possibly can. Our brains and thinking processes will become faster. Now with this speed we won’t be able to get into depth but we would be able to get more quantity. Naturally our technique to obtaining information will modify itself. Our brain interrupts massive short bits of information better than one long in depth piece. I mean with all the knowledge just a click away why would anyone want to just get something from one main source. If we try to slow things down and go back to the old ways than we would be cutting our brains off from knowledge. Denying our hungry brains the access to the compendium of unlimited knowledge that is available now to everyone.
Nicholas Carr believes that the way that we use technology today has a severe effect on our ability to retain information and our attention span. While his points are valid, there are also some things that could be said to convince people of otherwise. There is such a plethora of information you can find on the internet, more than you could ever find in a book. The internet and google is an invaluable source for everything you could possibly need.
In the busy world we live in, I can now reply to an email in under one minute. I can google and find the answer to anything I need in the same amount of time. While Carr makes a convincing argument to the fact that we are losing our ability to retain information, the contrary could also be true. I know more now because of the internet than I ever thought possible. I see news articles and am more up to date on the world news than I was even 2 years ago.
When Carr talks about relying on computers to mediate our understanding on the world, he makes it sound like a negative thing when it doesn’t really need to come off as such. He uses the term ‘dark prophecy’ to describe our own intelligence flattening, but in reality we now have the world at our literal fingertips. We aren’t skimming the surface of a handful of websites because we have short attention spans, we are skimming the surface of a handful of websites because that never used to be an option for us. We used to be relegated to one piece of research or reading and now we aren’t.
Nicholas Carr made a very valid an intelligent argument, but I cannot agree with all of his statements. Even though google has made things much easier for us some individuals would not be as educated or successful as they are now. Google has been there for students for years, without google some people would have never graduated from high school. Even though I don’t use google much I use it to study when I have a test or quiz coming up. For example there is a show that has become famous worldwide because of google and it image search technology. That show is called Catfish and the show is now so famous that Catfish now has a second definition in the dictionary because of the show’s success. Catfish also means when someone who pretends to be someone they're not uses social media for fool others. Without google none of this would have happened. I do not believe that google is the only one that can be blamed for the way society is changing. Since google has the power to change society for the better we have to look at a situation from more than one prospective. We must also bring all parties in said situation to the conversation or else the blame can be spread unevenly. One must remember that google is not only for entertainment it is also used for educational purposes.
The use of the Internet can in fact make you more intelligent. Search engines such as Yahoo!, Bing but particularly Google provide millions of results for anything one types in the search bar. Throughout history finding information was done by finding books and reading them either for personal knowledge or academic research. In todays society we have been blessed with the new age technology that pretty much does a lot of the work for us. Online web surfing has become one of the primary sources of getting information.
Since the early 2000s, Google has become a search engine powerhouse. In a study done in 2013, Google averages about six billion searches a day. Scientific studies show that research suggests that engaging in mentally stimulating tasks may improve brain health and cognitive abilities. Using computer search engines to find information on the Internet has become a frequent daily activity of people at any age, including middle-aged and older adults.
Personally, I have found Google to be extremely useful and convenient. I am an avid user of this site and its benefits are often overlooked. I feel as though my vigorous Google searching has taught me more than most secondary school teachers I’ve had in the past. My searches range from things I already have a brief knowledge of to subjects I have no clue on. This is the beauty of this search engine and why I think people should use it more. Why would Google make us stupid if its available to help us.
Nicholas Carr’s whole argument is revolved around the idea that our mind power has weaken as a result of our incapability to focus, brought on by the internet. He states “what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation.” I can agree to a certain extent. Yes, the internet is capable of ruining our intelligence but it can also enhance it. It all depends on how you use the internet. Carr discusses the obvious benefits, being that we’re able to find bits of information we require much faster than in a library but he neglects to mention the exercises we can gain from the internet. The title serves as a hook with the main idea, besides Google, is stupidity. I found on Newsroom UCLA “The study results are encouraging, that emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults," said principal investigator Dr. Gary Small, a professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA who holds UCLA's Parlow-Solomon Chair on Aging.”, which is valid proof Carr isn’t as correct as he tries to pursued us to believe he is. Carr’s reference to “Us” lead me to believe he was talking to his age group which UCLA’s studies show benefit greatly from the internet and in fact it makes them smarter. For my generation, there are plenty online activities that challenge our ability to think such as puzzles and memory games. Also, the “skimming ability” is really just us processing information rapidly. Those who are able to skim have a productive function to extract the essential information needed for their grater purpose. I believe it’s pointless to waste time reading word for word of a text if you’re main focus is only on a certain subject. With a science book, if your only interest may be the water cycle, you’ll go to that portion of the book that focuses on the subject you’re curious about, rather than reading the entire book. It’s the same for an article or any piece of literature.
Carr’s argument is that google is making us stupid, but on the contrary google is making us a lot smarter than one may actually realize. Google gives us the ability to use more creativity within our work and more time centralizing our thoughts and less time producing research. Carr says that using the web causes a fight to stay focused on the topic at hand but it probably is from lack of interest. The web has given the ability that no book can offer it gives all the research and information one could want or need in the biggest and best libraries. The web even offers the books you would want from the library on the web for reading.
Furthermore, Carr says it is not an instinctive skill for human beings to read but every living being learns new abilities and evolves from it being pasted down from generation to generation. Reading has been an art since the being of history and using computers and the internet will also become an ability we will train on and human beings will become a custom to and with that ability will come the ability to use search engines.
Search engines such as google have become such a big help in most people’s lives. Besides just bringing people to the best sites for the keywords they entered, google can give you the information you typed in without even going to a website. Google isn’t making us stupid, it’s making life easier. Many people would much rather google the information they want to know then go to the library and look through several books until they find the information they were looking for. Google has done many innovations to the web and search engines as a whole
The argument that Google makes us stupid is not all true in my opinion, the internet was made to store information in a convenient manner in which the searcher can obtain in it in a flash. Where as Carr believes that it changes the way we think and shortens our attention spans and thoughts.Maybe that's a sign that we see information in long paragraphs we often see the information given to us has been thought out. So basically our mind naturally goes onto the next subject knowing that almost everything that can be thought out in this subject has been concurred.
The internet, and Google lets us search the world and have information on our finger tips. To not have to worry about scouring through mountains of books to find just one answer at a time. you can now open multiple tabs, or browsers to find as many answers, as how many questions or things you can think of.
The Google search engine could be doing what Carr says, but its honestly just the people who use it who are adapting to how information is presented to them. Its how people are using it, which comes into play, as they're are many use where Google search engine can help you. Can you really blame your brain for adapting to its environment?
Technology has expanded our intelligence rather than decrease it. People literally are now able to access anything they want when they want it. No longer are there any limits when trying to obtain knowledge. It is easy to say that with advances, such as Google, humans are able to share every single thought with one another in an instant. These expansions have destroyed borders and distance.
ReplyDeleteIn some ways it brings all our thoughts and ideas into one central place. Yes, more and more evidence is showing that these technologies are changing our brains processes is a somewhat negative way. In defense in this era everything and everyone is always in a rush to get something or someone. Soon enough our brains will change to help us comprehend the pace of our society. You must be able to do things as fast as you possibly can. Our brains and thinking processes will become faster. Now with this speed we won’t be able to get into depth but we would be able to get more quantity.
Naturally our technique to obtaining information will modify itself. Our brain interrupts massive short bits of information better than one long in depth piece. I mean with all the knowledge just a click away why would anyone want to just get something from one main source. If we try to slow things down and go back to the old ways than we would be cutting our brains off from knowledge. Denying our hungry brains the access to the compendium of unlimited knowledge that is available now to everyone.
Nicholas Carr believes that the way that we use technology today has a severe effect on our ability to retain information and our attention span. While his points are valid, there are also some things that could be said to convince people of otherwise. There is such a plethora of information you can find on the internet, more than you could ever find in a book. The internet and google is an invaluable source for everything you could possibly need.
ReplyDeleteIn the busy world we live in, I can now reply to an email in under one minute. I can google and find the answer to anything I need in the same amount of time. While Carr makes a convincing argument to the fact that we are losing our ability to retain information, the contrary could also be true. I know more now because of the internet than I ever thought possible. I see news articles and am more up to date on the world news than I was even 2 years ago.
When Carr talks about relying on computers to mediate our understanding on the world, he makes it sound like a negative thing when it doesn’t really need to come off as such. He uses the term ‘dark prophecy’ to describe our own intelligence flattening, but in reality we now have the world at our literal fingertips. We aren’t skimming the surface of a handful of websites because we have short attention spans, we are skimming the surface of a handful of websites because that never used to be an option for us. We used to be relegated to one piece of research or reading and now we aren’t.
Nicholas Carr made a very valid an intelligent argument, but I cannot agree with all of his statements. Even though google has made things much easier for us some individuals would not be as educated or successful as they are now. Google has been there for students for years, without google some people would have never graduated from high school. Even though I don’t use google much I use it to study when I have a test or quiz coming up.
ReplyDeleteFor example there is a show that has become famous worldwide because of google and it image search technology. That show is called Catfish and the show is now so famous that Catfish now has a second definition in the dictionary because of the show’s success. Catfish also means when someone who pretends to be someone they're not uses social media for fool others. Without google none of this would have happened.
I do not believe that google is the only one that can be blamed for the way society is changing. Since google has the power to change society for the better we have to look at a situation from more than one prospective. We must also bring all parties in said situation to the conversation or else the blame can be spread unevenly. One must remember that google is not only for entertainment it is also used for educational purposes.
The use of the Internet can in fact make you more intelligent. Search engines such as Yahoo!, Bing but particularly Google provide millions of results for anything one types in the search bar. Throughout history finding information was done by finding books and reading them either for personal knowledge or academic research. In todays society we have been blessed with the new age technology that pretty much does a lot of the work for us. Online web surfing has become one of the primary sources of getting information.
ReplyDeleteSince the early 2000s, Google has become a search engine powerhouse. In a study done in 2013, Google averages about six billion searches a day. Scientific studies show that research suggests that engaging in mentally stimulating tasks may improve brain health and cognitive abilities. Using computer search engines to find information on the Internet has become a frequent daily activity of people at any age, including middle-aged and older adults.
Personally, I have found Google to be extremely useful and convenient. I am an avid user of this site and its benefits are often overlooked. I feel as though my vigorous Google searching has taught me more than most secondary school teachers I’ve had in the past. My searches range from things I already have a brief knowledge of to subjects I have no clue on. This is the beauty of this search engine and why I think people should use it more. Why would Google make us stupid if its available to help us.
Nicholas Carr’s whole argument is revolved around the idea that our mind power has weaken as a result of our incapability to focus, brought on by the internet. He states “what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation.” I can agree to a certain extent. Yes, the internet is capable of ruining our intelligence but it can also enhance it. It all depends on how you use the internet. Carr discusses the obvious benefits, being that we’re able to find bits of information we require much faster than in a library but he neglects to mention the exercises we can gain from the internet.
ReplyDeleteThe title serves as a hook with the main idea, besides Google, is stupidity. I found on Newsroom UCLA “The study results are encouraging, that emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults," said principal investigator Dr. Gary Small, a professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA who holds UCLA's Parlow-Solomon Chair on Aging.”, which is valid proof Carr isn’t as correct as he tries to pursued us to believe he is. Carr’s reference to “Us” lead me to believe he was talking to his age group which UCLA’s studies show benefit greatly from the internet and in fact it makes them smarter. For my generation, there are plenty online activities that challenge our ability to think such as puzzles and memory games.
Also, the “skimming ability” is really just us processing information rapidly. Those who are able to skim have a productive function to extract the essential information needed for their grater purpose. I believe it’s pointless to waste time reading word for word of a text if you’re main focus is only on a certain subject. With a science book, if your only interest may be the water cycle, you’ll go to that portion of the book that focuses on the subject you’re curious about, rather than reading the entire book. It’s the same for an article or any piece of literature.
Carr’s argument is that google is making us stupid, but on the contrary google is making us a lot smarter than one may actually realize. Google gives us the ability to use more creativity within our work and more time centralizing our thoughts and less time producing research. Carr says that using the web causes a fight to stay focused on the topic at hand but it probably is from lack of interest. The web has given the ability that no book can offer it gives all the research and information one could want or need in the biggest and best libraries. The web even offers the books you would want from the library on the web for reading.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, Carr says it is not an instinctive skill for human beings to read but every living being learns new abilities and evolves from it being pasted down from generation to generation. Reading has been an art since the being of history and using computers and the internet will also become an ability we will train on and human beings will become a custom to and with that ability will come the ability to use search engines.
Search engines such as google have become such a big help in most people’s lives. Besides just bringing people to the best sites for the keywords they entered, google can give you the information you typed in without even going to a website. Google isn’t making us stupid, it’s making life easier. Many people would much rather google the information they want to know then go to the library and look through several books until they find the information they were looking for. Google has done many innovations to the web and search engines as a whole
The argument that Google makes us stupid is not all true in my opinion, the internet was made to store information in a convenient manner in which the searcher can obtain in it in a flash. Where as Carr believes that it changes the way we think and shortens our attention spans and thoughts.Maybe that's a sign that we see information in long paragraphs we often see the information given to us has been thought out. So basically our mind naturally goes onto the next subject knowing that almost everything that can be thought out in this subject has been concurred.
ReplyDeleteThe internet, and Google lets us search the world and have information on our finger tips. To not have to worry about scouring through mountains of books to find just one answer at a time. you can now open multiple tabs, or browsers to find as many answers, as how many questions or things you can think of.
The Google search engine could be doing what Carr says, but its honestly just the people who use it who are adapting to how information is presented to them. Its how people are using it, which comes into play, as they're are many use where Google search engine can help you. Can you really blame your brain for adapting to its environment?