Today, the internet is one of the most powerful tools throughout the world. In the article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” in the magazine The Atlantic, the author, Nicholas Carr, recounts his complications with concentration while reading extended articles and books. He claims these difficulties may be caused by an increased time on the internet. He thinks it changes the way we think and it is affecting our brain. People are losing concentration easier than before internet was created.
A modern books value does not compare to that of a book that had taken the time and effort of someone to craft it, because of technology a book can be multiplied hundreds of times but at the same time taking from it devaluing it when compared to the original. Soon enough print medias and materials are slowing disappearing because of the ability to find any text needed useful or not
1. How often does eBay create value? eBay creates value by making it easier to sell “For Sale by Owner” items. It makes that world a little bit smaller by bringing together buyers and sellers of many different items to one place. According to our text, as of 2008 eBay operated in 39 countries with 276 million registered users worldwide (Brickley, Smith and Zimmerman, 2009, p.334).
The most recent product that I have purchased was a Nook e-reader. What is the brand name of the product? Nook by Barnes & Noble How would you describe the customer for this product? I would best describe the customer for this product as someone who likes to read, play games, watch movies, and search the internet without having to carry a laptop. What is the product’s closest brand competitor?
Other phone companies and cable companies got in on the market and providing the internet to customers using new fiber optic cables that provided internet speed 100 times faster than the 56K speed previously provided. The new technology made life for many individuals easier however; in some cases it was devastating, as the development of new technologies, like answering systems, made certain positions obsolete; reducing the number of jobs available in some fields. In addition, the new technologies made further education regarding how to use these new devices or systems vital to not only employees but also to individuals who found themselves in need of employment. Companies developed machines that could replace the need for paid employees and could eliminate error; this is especially true in the car manufacturing industry. Although, the new technologies caused many job loses, in fact, it did create numerous jobs, and some reports say 24 million.
But will the investments pay off? Discussion Questions: 1. In what ways does Bezos’s decision to develop and sell the Kindle show systematic and intuitive thinking? Answer: For Bezos, the most logical thing to sell over the internet was books. Why books?
I’m not thinking the way that I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Immersing myself in a book or lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of the argument, and I’d spend hours strolling through the long stretches of prose (p. 67).’’ It’s an agreeable statement because there are times when you are trying to concentrate on reading an article on the computer and you get distracted from what you are reading. Opening up a new hardcover book is almost impossible for me.
Memo To: Kathleen McGarry, Economics Department Chair From: Daniel Shamooelian Date: January 12, 2015 Subject: Rising textbook prices and recommendations Over the past few years, textbook prices have been increasing at a rapid pace. Textbook prices have been rising faster than the price of clothing, food, cars, and even healthcare. Students have been complaining about the issue for years, yet prices just keep going up. Through this memo I will explain why textbook prices have risen dramatically over the past few years and give recommendations on how to lower these costs. Publishers claim their window of making money has drastically fallen due to the evolution of the used-textbook market and the internet.
Most people find reading books easier so don’t some people like me because I prefer researching on the internet to searching for stuff in the library. Some people will support Carr by saying that the internet really makes us dumber but I’m on the opposite side because I defiantly think it makes as smarter especially with this technology that keeps improving as years come. All these things we have today and are able to access to will not be available without the internet because people or researchers wouldn’t have been able to get accurate information about what they were looking
In our days, with the rise of digital technology, many physical items such as pen and paper are slowly being replaced by computers and smart phones. But is this really a good thing? I read books and, of course, so do many other people in this class and around the globe. But since the creation of ‘e-readers’ more and more people have been converting to the e-books. Although technology is slowly becoming more predominant in this era and we should not rely on it to always entertain and keep us occupied.