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Summary Of The Shallows By Nicholas Carr

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Is technology really changing the way our brains function? In “The Shallows” Nicholas Carr, argues technology is affecting the human brain by causing individuals to react abnormally. Having done some research, Carr realizes his lack of concentration due to technology was not unique but quite common. Fellow bloggers who are well known for their work have agreed that the internet has made them less a patient reader. The web encourages users to click and flick through ads that sidetrack people from realizing that their longer reading the articles they started to read. While Carr's argument is accurate about technology having a influence on the way people think, he also has a weakness when he contradicts himself about the service of google.
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Technology has its advantages of instant access to searching any particular data without having to read long passages that distracts are contracted. With technology, we no longer have to worry about depending on our minds to contain all are informed, we can rely on our digital storage. In “How Google Has Changed the World”,Miriam Rivera acknowledges that “Google enables free searches of words or terms, making all manner of information instantly retrievable even if you did not know where it was housed...with Google, you could find any needle in any haystack at any time” (Rivera). Having Google makes it easier to obtain your information without having worrying about where came from. Research that once required days flipping through books, can now be done in seconds. In this novel he does an excellent job of explaining why the internet is a helpful and useful tool for people. In (The Internet Makes Us Stupid and Here's Why) Kabir Sehgal, reveals that “The good news here is that Web surfing, because it engages so many brain functions, may help keep older people’s minds sharp” (Sehgal). She elaborates on how it can help people with stretching and strengthening useful skills people need. These skills include memory and focus. Carr’s argument is still accurate as a result of having technology decreasing

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