In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr writes about how he has a challenging time reading books that after a few pages he loses concentration and that his mind wanders to other things. The reading that use to come natural to him no longer does and he believes the internet is to blame, what once took a few hours searching through multiple books in the library for information now can be found in a few minutes searched on the internet. He also mentions other bloggers that confess how they either no longer read books or do not read articles that are longer than a few paragraphs or that they just skim articles on the internet. Carr lists many posts from other people also from different years some going back to the 1980s.
In Nicholas Carr’s article called “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, Carr talks about the many issues he believes are stemming from using online search engines and Google in general. This article was written back in 2016 and published into The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings. Carr discusses his view on the whole idea of online readings and most of the information available to the world being viewed online through a search engine like Google. He also goes into thorough detail explaining how he believes that technology is becoming more advanced and smarter than its creators. In Carr’s article, he will explain all that he believes is wrong with technology in today’s society and how dumbed down it has made us.
Over the the years, more and more people have become heavily dependent on technology to get us through our day. A reason for that is because technology has been rapidly advancing. For example, back in the day people used pagers, dvr’s, and typewriters. Now we have 3D televisions, computers, game systems, social media, search engines, and smartphones that come out every year. In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
For my analysis essay, I will be analyzing the effectiveness of the rhetorical devices in Nicholas Carr ’s essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”. Carr, a writer who primarily focuses on technology and business, makes a bold claim that the ability to simply search for answers to our issues is weakening our problem solving skills. As the saying goes: if you do not use it, you lose it. Although he admits that the advantages of having unlimited knowledge at our fingertips is invaluable, he also claims that humans tend to misuse the Internet- as soon as anything requires true thought, they go to search engines which think for them.
In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, the author claims that the Internet is changing for the worse the way we communicate and retain our messages. Carr states that in 1882, a man with failing vision bought a typewriter, and in using this device his style of communication changed dramatically. Carr is correct that technology is changing the way we as humans process information and communicate our messages, but the Internet is just the natural next stage in this development. All communication starts a message, but a message requires some form of a language, be it through voice, hand signals, pictures, electronic transmission, or writing. Throughout history communication has changed with the advent of new technologies as mankind continues to develop new ways to send more complex messages farther, faster, and more efficiently, while a message can now be anything from a simple greeting to the complete Wikipedia database or beyond.
In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is the reason why people are losing their ability to focus, think critically, and is somehow hindering the brain. Carr speaks the thought that the Internet is effecting the way people, and himself think, live, and read. He shows this through examples from other people and his personal experiences. He thinks that it is not an intelligent thing to rely on a computer to give people information. Carr explains how since he spends a lot of time online, he is not able to focus on other things that are not involving the internet.
Is Google Making Us Stupid, Response Essay? Nicholas Carr argues in his article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” that the internet is changing the way we think and work for the worst. Is Google really making us stupid or not using google is making us stupid too? In my opinion and research, Google isn’t making us stupid at all. I have to disagree with Nicholas Carr.
Michael Pacheco 11.22.2014 English 1101 Dianne Layden A Dire Consequence In his essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” Nicholas Carr professes his opinion on the impression that we, as a population, are becoming shallower and strewn in our thinking. As Carr states his concerns, “I'm not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I'm reading…
Nicholas Carr is a writer that has expanded his writing to books, periodical and even has a blog at roughttype.com; his writing focus is about technology and culture. He addressed the issue of how technology can be a great and awful thing to use at the same time in his essay, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr made an ongoing debate where technology is making people stupid because they are spending a lot of time researching and this is causing people considerate less while using the reading skill but at the same time technology saves times, can expand more on the topic, find any information etc. With regards “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
In the essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is Doing to our Brains,” Nicholas Carr argues that the internet has altered, possibly not in a good way, how we use our cognitive mind. Today, most everyone is getting on to a computer and using the Net. It could be to do research, read an article, or just to scan the news in all its forms. What we don’t realize is that how we now read and research has weakened our minds cognitively.
(90). He goes on to explain how reading that the Internet is promoting, which puts efficiency and immediacy above all else, is weakening the ability of deep thinking and reading for humans. He also states that our ability to understand the text and make connections to the text is “disengaged”. I believe that all of this is true because I see this in myself. I sometimes find it hard to be able to understand texts and make personal connections to them when my peers are able to do that just
Technology is everywhere in today’s world and it is rapidly evolving. As technology evolves, so does the society using it. Technology is negatively affecting the way we read, write, and live. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” Nicholas Carr focuses on how the introduction of newer ease of access technologies has changed the way we read, write, and even think. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr discusses the remapping of people’s brains upon the release of new technologies.
Analysis of Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Nicholas Carr (2008/2010 p.89) argues a prophetic warning--As a culture relying on computers to facilitate all knowledge of the world, is artificial intelligence preferable to a thoughtful and meditative human mind? With the all-encompassing internet influencing an entire population, is it the cause of altering mental habits of a nation? Carr, along with his friends and acquaintances, admit to similar experiences-- having their brains remapped and reprogramed by virtue of years of internet usage. Citing facts and statistics, he paints a vivid picture of how our mind is shaped and what our intellectual future might hold.
Caleigh McCray ENGL 2367 Mr. Canter 22 Jan. 2015 Is Google Making Us Stupid? ‘Is Google Making us stupid?’ by Nicholas Carr is an essay from the Norton Reader. The author speaks of new age technology and how it is effecting our reading skills and the way we read. Reading is not a natural instinct in humans, it is something we must practice and keep up on.
Nowadays, the internet is the biggest marketing and media tool that people can use today. It can have various effects on people’s daily life ranging from bad to beneficial. In the essay “Is Google making us stupid” by Nicholas Carr writes about how internet usage in the 21st century is changing people’s reading habit and a cognitive concentration. Particularly, he emphasizes on Google’s role in this matter and its consequences on making people machine like. Carr also stated that the online reading largely contributes to people’s way of reading a book.
