I will never get those two hours back, and I actually feel dumber for sitting through that whole thing." you say to yourself. Well, Nicholas Carr's essay, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" is the printed version of that exact film. In his soap box style essay, Carr attempts to antagonize the reader with the negative effects that result from internet use,” [The] detrimental effects on cognition that diminish the capacity for concentration and contemplation.
Is Google Making Us Stupid? In Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” He discusses how the internet is our main source of information, and with it being the main source of information it is making it more difficult for us to read books or a simple article. He is frustrated that he can no longer read a simple book that used to come so naturally to him, but now it is a struggle to do any type of reading. Carr expects to take in information the way the net distributes it, but the net is chipping away at his capacity for concentration and contemplation. When his troubles are mentioned to friends they say they have the same issues and experiences as he to stay focused on long pieces of writing.
These communication technologies have not broadened their appreciation and knowledge on topics such as history, civic values, and philosophical questions. In a sense these technologies have “stupefied” these individuals. Overall Bauerlein argues that these “digital natives” are not using these modern technologies to gain knowledge, but instead to interact with each other about topics such as pop culture or downloading new video games. Mark Bauerlein is a professor of English at Emory University and worked as a director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts, where he oversaw studies about culture and American life. “The Dumbest Generation” is Bauerlein’s most recent work, but his is the author of five other published works.
Response to Wendell Berry’s “Why I an Not Going to Buy a Computer.” Wendell Berry is a very good example of a writer who questions the status quo. In this case, the status quo is about consumerism and our dependence on technology. His apparently personal essay about why he refuses to own computer makes us think carefully about our relationship with this miracle machine. However, there are also some problems with his arguments. Let us have a look at his key points and the problems with them.
Summary It is a difficult task to summarize Carr’s article while including the sort of emotional one-sidedness he presents in the full text of the article. The short article is packed with references to studies performed by prominent universities and research groups, all of which contend that the internet is stripping the ability to think critically out of our minds today. This really is the main point of Carr’s article which he seems to circle around and come back to frequently; our ability, as a whole society, to think critically is perceived as being diminished and this will the ruin of man. While Carr doesn’t specifically make this assertion directly in his article, he is circling the topic the entire time and in his concluding paragraph states: “It is this control, this mental discipline, that we are at risk of losing as we spend ever more time scanning and skimming
BOOK REVIEW FREAKONOMICS AUTHORS: STEVEN D. LEVITT & STEPHEN J. DUBNER By: Arpit Nanda Divya Jain Karan Sarda Prabhpal Singh Grewal Prashant Kumar Pratik Gupta Varun Mahajan Steven D. Levitt is an unusual economist. He doesn't particularly enjoy the math involved, and he doesn't involve himself in global macroeconomic projections. Instead, he is intrigued by the stories that data can tell, and how they can contradict conventional wisdom and show us insights that we would have ignored. He's intrigued by anomalies and unusual patterns of data and the truths that might be hidden behind them. Stephen J. Dubner is a writer for the New York Times Magazine, and had met Levitt while researching a book.
Perhaps the sensational changes in the technological world might raise divergent opinions on the fate of the current generation. Philosophers in particular are perturbed by the way the internet is wasting away the traditional methods of research and the natural intelligence of the mortal man. In Carr’s essay; ‘Is Google making us stupid?’ Carr alludes from Socrates’ view that people would be thought of as, “having knowledge when they are actually illiterate due to the unorganized internet knowledge.” It is also a worry by scholars that the internet may at great extend induce laziness amongst students on a claim that they will lose the habit of looking for books and reading them (Carr 533-541). Carr is particularly worried that his level of concentration is not to the maximum. The author admits that when goggling, he would sometimes, “sneak into other pages because of some attractive features or because of curiosity and forget about his work.” However, his opinion is baseless as internet - Google in specific - will actually sharpen the society’s knowledge and expound their level of thinking (Carr 533-541).
Reading Journal-Hal And Me The passage 'Hal and Me' talks about the impacts that network has on human beings. Nicholas Carr mentions his troubles to focus reading long paragraphs due to his habits of absorbing short and quick information from websites. He thinks it's the internet which cause people's incapableness to concentrated on reading passages. He cited a lot of examples and his own self-experiences to illustrated his points. First, he mentions some advantages of net, such as convenience, interest, and conciseness.
Matt Charles Spring 12’ Yellow paper difficulty Yellow Paper Difficulty The concept of how the brain works has always been shrouded in mystery. Figuring what is reality and what isn’t is part of the brain’s job prescription. When the psychological concept is put into a story it is even harder to comprehend. In The Yellow Wallpaper figuring out what is reality, not reality, physical, or mental is the difficulty I had taking head on. The narrator’s husband, “John is a physician, and perhaps( I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind) that is one reason I do not get well Faster.
The author expresses tremendous concern regarding the sad state of affairs in colleges. The article aims at clarifying controversial issues concerning the public outcry. There is no research cited due to the fact that the article pays close attention to answering questions about an earlier research. Instead of jumping into conclusions, people should focus on the findings of the research and come up with constructive