He agreed with his friend, and said under the sway of the machine, he “changed arguments to aphorisms, from thoughts to puns, from rhetoric to telegram style.” The story suggests that the Internet isn’t the sole reason for changing the way of thinking, but possibly technology in general. To go along with this thought, Carr also mentions how television, magazine, and newspaper ads have started using our new methods of absorbing information to create a compact and to-the-point advertisement design, further proving how our mind states have been
In the article Shirky establishes the point that we are now going through a similar growth in our publishing capability as we had in our past. This capability, according to Shirky, enables us to create new “education resources” such as Wikipedia and Patients like Me. The article also shows how there is much nonsense out there and points towards further historical references of people who were against the widespread availability of knowledge, such as Edgar Allen Poe and Martin Luther King Jr. Yet this article goes on to say that these “pessimists'” awe of the past was unfounded, compared to the present in which people went towards pointless content as well if not more. Shirky points out that in the end the increase in the freedom and availability to make content is a positive change even though it comes with “dumb videos and erotic novels” (Shirky).
One of the first points that Hornsby tries to make is that Carr’s argument has not been proven by any long term studies. Carr is just basing his essay’s argument off of his own experience and personal opinions. In 2008, however, a study was done at UCLA that gave sufficient evidence that searching the web actually aids and improves a person’s brain function. The article states that”UCLA scientists have found that for computer-savvy middle-aged and older adults, searching the Internet triggers key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning. The findings demonstrate that Web search activity may help stimulate and possibly improve brain function.” (Internet Altering our Brains .1) If this study is accurate then it
Kirsten Laman ENGL 1301-61507 Professor Jackson 30 October 2014 Cognitive Effects of the Internet The book The Shallows by Nicholas Carr states that the introduction of the internet into society has had a profound effect on our culture. In other words, the internet has affected the way people think, read, and remember. The rapid access to tons of information has also affected people’s behavior making them less patient and less productive. According to Carr, “The Net commands our attention with far greater insistency than our television, or radio or morning newspaper ever did” (117). In today’s world, the internet has become essential to work, school and entertainment.
Two major developments in the first decades of the 21st century were the widespread use of the internet and the growth of high street coffee shops such as Starbucks & Café Nero. A business opportunity that combines these two ideas is to set up a town centre coffee shop which offers wireless internet, computer terminals and excellent coffee. An entrepreneur had asked that you carry out some market research to find out if such venture would work in your local town. However, she would first like to know some more details about the different types of market research that can be carried out. Produce a manual for the entrepreneur that deals with the following tasks.
The exponentially rapid growth of internet technology brings into our lives a connection with literature like never before, yet in many ways it has shifted the way in which we view the world. In an article titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?,” Nicholas Carr argues that the development of internet technology as our primary source of knowledge is depleting us of the “quiet spaces” that stimulate contemplation and deep interaction with the written language and replacing them with distractions and deviations. Though he exposes the intriguing relationship this powerful medium has to our society, Carr fails to consider other aspects that cause a shift in our behavior towards written material. What we are losing, perhaps, deals less with our minds and more with our heart, the poetic center for what we value. We’ve become lazy in our efforts to contextualize our lives with the information that is so readily available to us and no longer prize knowledge as we once
A Humanitian . Quantity of Unlimited Text Stephen Marche’s article “The iPad and Twenty-First-Century Humanism” is about the importance of how the rise of the Internet and the advancement of technology has de-materialized the notion of text. In his article, Marche discusses the need to sort out good information from the bad ones from the vast sea of unlimited text. Marche focuses on the emergence of unlimited text, the devaluation of material, the rebirth of credibility, and the challenge made to humanists. Thanks to the advancement of technology the use of the internet is far greater than before.
Criticism to Technopoly Abraham C. Vanegas University of Maryland University College Advance Writing 391 As I read Technopoly by Neil Postman my view of technology changes little by little. Although at first after reading the synopsis in the back of the book and the introduction I thought this might be just another book criticizing technology severely, I came to find the view of this author very interesting and at some point even realistic. Potsman is a knowledgeable person, his position as faculty and writer are very clear in his writing and his main idea, which is to keep one eye open when allowing technologies in our lives is actually something that after reading his book I will take into consideration. From the beginning of his book he explains how introducing new things to our life have changed the way we are in some sort of way since the old days. “A new technology does not add or subtract something.
3). Throughout human history technology has helped in our evolution as a species from the invention of the wheel in pre-historic times, to the creation of the advanced computers we take for granted today. But as far as literacies are concerned we made a marvelous transition 5,000 years ago from pictorial marks to significant marks that began to capture sounds and ultimately led to the alphabetical system of writing we employ today. Furthermore, Gardner mentions Plato’s fear that written language would destabilize man’s capabilities to memorize, but based on how history transpired, Plato’s fears were proven to be but uncertainties on a matter that was novel to the society of that era which may be similar to the fear we have on “Googling.” History tends to repeat itself but only time well tell if it will yield similar results. The invention of the printing press during the 15th century was an enhancement in the production and convenience of books to the general populace.
He explains how people are on a disadvantage when they rely on e-books rather than books. Carr uses very meticulous instances to illustrate his way of thinking and then he uses his logical discussion to prove that Google is making our lives more “machinelike” and lazier. The instances and references used such as results of reliable studies and opinions from people from a variety of professional background are well-organized, which proves the profound knowledge of the author in many fields. Since this source has strong. Since this article strongly disagrees with those who support the use on internet for daily tasks like reading, this article helps me to lay my argument that internet deteriorates our reading ability.