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Summary Of Mind Over Mass Media By Nicholas Carr

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Both Nicolas Carr and Steven Pinker discuss the effects of Google on the mind. Carr believes that Google and other forms of media has a negative impact on people, they learn how to skim papers not read them, making them “stupid”. While, Steven Pinker believes that Google and other forms of media is good for people, it helps them learn and take in information. I disagree slightly with Carr, Google is not making us stupid it is opening us up to more information “to manage, search and retrieve” such as Steven Pinker states, but Google does makes some people to dependent. Steven Pinkers article “Mind Over Mass Media” talks about the need for the internet and the effects of media on people's comprehension. Pinker uses the example of “when comic
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