She was always looking for intellectual women to converse with. He also talks about how she was not a diary keeper, but rather a pen
Nicholas uses Scott Karp, a blogger, as an example that the Web has been impacting us. Scott admits that he stopped reading books altogether when at one moment he was a voracious book
and we no longer need to retain the information we read because it’s always there. However, people still have to work for the information they want as they need to sift through thousands of sites to find accurate information. With sifting through these sites, they have to do work, which if they were
Humanity is in a perpetual state of trying to make living in the world an easier place. In just a few seconds, people can access information at their disposal, instead of having to look through different books to find what you need. But the question arises; does this boundless place for information honestly make us more informed than before we had the internet? Joe Keohane, the author of the article “How Facts Backfire,” is a political journalist who has also written articles on technology and culture.
Some of the good things that I got out of the Internet are that I can find information about anything from it in a matter of clicks. For an example of this is that on my truck I blew my head gasket and needed it replace, but since I had all this endless information on the inter net I just did a basic “Google” search. While I was working on my truck to repair it, our neighborhood went dark, meaning that our internet was not available, which ended up stopping my progress working on my truck tell it came back on. Since I was heavily reliant on the Internet I didn’t have to refrain the steps how to fix my truck to memory. Also another example how I took the internet for example and ended up having a negative effect on me is that how when I was younger I would play video games and when I got stuck I would ask my friends or brothers to help me through this, but now when ever I get stuck playing these games all I have to do is “Google” it to find out what I have to do.
Carr could have not said it any better, “what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away at my capacity for concentration and contemplation.” It has immobilized my ability to think on my own and read in-depth. Once again, technology has wiggled its way back into my life. Since reading this article, I have caught myself becoming dependent on the Internet. If I ever have questions,I automatically take out one of my devices and look up the question.
While there are pros to the internet we also have to think about the cons that come along with it. Carr argues that due to the time we spend online, our attention spans are dropping rapidly. People find themselves switching from article to article without finishing the first one more and more often, because there is such a wealth of information on the internet we tend to get distracted and jump subjects. We have almost everything we could want to know on Google which makes it easier for anyone to just look up any question they have, but.some of us in this society are finding it harder and harder to fully concentrate on a book let alone read the whole thing. With everything you have access to on the internet it gives you a different way of finding a wealth of information.
We can now learn what news articles and history books do not want us to know. With reliable sources and facts, we can learn exactly what happened to those who died in the hands of police or the countries falling under their governments without the biased and discriminatory news outlets. We can learn about ourselves, in a society where gender and sexuality has progressed further than it ever has in history and validation could help someone. We can learn that through social media people from all around the world can connect and come together. Beyond the internet, there is fear that technology will take our jobs.
Elie Wiesel says “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” This quote helps people believe that they are protected and they can help protect themselves and their people. It also shows that letting things go and pushing them off to the side when conflict arises causes more problems.
When Carr discusses how the internet has affected people close to him he discusses their experiences by saying, “The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing”. This phenomenon is quite evident in "Fahrenheit 451" with Mildred, the programing she views has reduced her attention span to nearly nonexistent as she doesn’t fully comprehend what Montag says in their discussions. A con of the internet would have to be the fact that information is readily available, it allows us to consume lots of information in a shorter amount of time. In the past information took time to find and was mostly found in written books, "Fahrenheit 451" is a society in which this concept has been brought to an extreme. Print literature/any form of physical writing is extremely important according to Maryanne Wolf, an author referenced in the article, “The media or other technologies we use in learning and practicing the craft of reading play an important part in shaping the neural circuits inside our brains”.
Also, families today aren 't in constant need for food or supplies. People today only have to pack necessities, and food or any supplies forgotten can be bought at stores. With stores or no availability to buy supplies, they had to fend for themselves and find supplies from others or make supplies from what they have. Even in the text, Martha states, “We were short of provisions most all the time and went hungry…,” meaning they always never had enough to help the company. Drastic differences between us now and the American Settlers back then show how life has improved over the years and gotten easier as well.
Our way of thinking is beginning to change to the way that computers do. Advancements are made everyday. These new advancements are attempting to make life in general easier for everyone. Nicholas Carr makes the claim that, “as the internet because our primary source of the information it is affecting our ability to read books and other long narratives.” Carr suggests that using the internet is altering the way that our minds operate.
The internet has made it so much easier to find new information, if only we wouldn 't get so sidetracked. There is no reason to get rid of the use of technology, but we need to find a way for us to discipline ourselves to only use it for our
I have grown up with Google as a verb. Need directions? Google it. Need a recipe? Google it.
Nicholas Carr's argument against the internet was very strong, and it persuaded me. It is very difficult for me to go against his opinion. I agree that the internet is changing us, but not in ways we think. There are long-term effects of using the internet as often as we do. He states that the internet is changing the way our brains function such as having a shorter attention span, negatively changing the way we critically think, and negatively changing our reading skills.
