Analysis Of Smarter Than You Think

Every so often there is an improvement in technology. 1“History also shows that we generally improve and refine tools to make them better.” As technology progresses the human mind has to improve, in order to continually

In Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, he discusses the negative impacts that technology has had on human intelligence and how technology is going to pass up humankind. Carr’s main point is that point is that due to modern innovations like the internet, himself and the rest of mankind have slowly lost the ability to read in-depth and focus on complex tasks. He also argues that companies like google are working to create innovations in Artificial Intelligence, causing technology to eventually pass up humanity. Carr believes that technology is important, but it will eventually lead to our demise.

The uses of technology like computers and cell phones are growing every day with new uses and forms. There are mixed feelings about if technology is making us smarter or stupider thru out day to day life. Nicolas Carr a New York Times writer wrote an article about “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and he tries to show people that computers are making our lives simpler and there for making us as humans stupid. Another writher that goes by the name Greg is a writer for digitaltonto.com, and he found the previous article and wrote “How Computers Change the Way We learn” which is about how all lot of the facts in Carr article could have been read to say anything that the author wanted, so he could make people believe.

Technology, especially the Internet, makes humans’ life easier and more effective. A quick access to information brings people a huge opportunity to explore the world and develop them. However, Nicolas Carr, in “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” argues that technology affects people’s life, it changes their mind and actions, and humans start to lose abilities of “deep thinking and deep reading”, which are essential skills of being humans. In other words, our world becomes more simplified that people are unable to be smart and creative as they were in the past. For him, today’s people think and act in the frame of programmed world of the Net. Moreover, although Carr worries that the Net based corporations, such as Google, are seeking to replace human’s

Is technology helping or hurting society? Is society smarter or slowly getting dumber as the digital age gets better and stronger? Two authors in the Coyote Reader touch on this subject and argue the different advantages and disadvantages that the digital age has on society. Ultimately, the answer comes down to perception. Technology is not necessarily making society dumber, it is just changing how the brain works.

Throughout history, technology has impacted society and its people. Technology is an invention that facilitates the means to achieve an objective. The book “Smarter Than You Think”, written by Clive Thompson argues how technology is changing our lives for the better. In Chapter 7 of his book, Thompson discusses the use of technology in classrooms and how they impact learning. Technology can enhance education by providing easy access to information, blended learning, and personalized education.

Technology is ever becoming a more complex and integrated part of the daily lives of millions across the world. As technology advances, spreads, and changes, we need to be aware of the impact upon us as well as the rest of society at all times. It has grown to become a part of almost everything we do and has resulted in many positive as well as negative impacts. Some examples of positive impacts are increased efficiency with tasks such as building cars and access to information and some negative impacts include obesity and poor sleep habits. I agree with Clive Thompson to an extent; modernized technologies need to be understood and used wisely at all times and we can expand our intellect by working alongside them but, they don’t give the user an unlimited wealth of knowledge. I disagree with Nicholas Carr that using electronics is damaging humans’ cognitive abilities.

The thinking process of a human does not have the capabilities of figuring out problems by research in seconds compared to computer intelligence. Thompson proves this by describing how a computer plays chess compared to a human; a computer was able to calculate moves and different solution to win the chess match. A humans capabilities do not match a computers, but placing them together can be amazing. Since humans and computers have different ways of thinking, one can benefit the other. Thompson states that although computers remain superior, one should never put down their capabilities, as humans can be just as intelligent. The differences between article one and two is; in "Is Google Making Us Stupid" by Nicholas Carr, Carr puts technology more as a disadvantage in our brains compared to "Smarter Than You Think" by Clive

He states: “Freed from the need to rely exclusively on his memory, [Russian chess player Gary Kasparov] was able to focus more on the creative texture of his play. It was, he realized, like learning to be a race-car driver: He had to learn how to drive the computer, as it were—developing a split-second sense of which strategy to enter into the computer for assessment, when to stop an unpromising line of inquiry, and when to accept or ignore the computer’s advice” (344). The author brings up an interesting point which is if we learn how to use technology then we can use it for our advantage. Thompson empathizes the assumption that electronic technology will decrease creativity and the ability to think on our own.

Social media is used in a variety of different ways, whether it be Instagram or Facebook to post pictures, snapchat or texting for communication, and twitter or blog posts for posting text. No matter what social media you’re thinking about, writing is always involved. Clive Thompson is a Canadian author, blogger, and technology writer, and in his chapter, “Public Thinking,” out of his book Smarter Than You Think he argues that people today are writing better than people did in the past possibly because the use of social media and writing publicly. Thompson emphasizes this chapter to both the previous generation, and the current generation, to people that might not understand the new generation of technology and how the excessive use of the internet could actually be a useful tool. In this paper I will analyze Thompson’s claims, find evidence in attempt to support the claims, find weak and strong parts of Thompson’s writing, and note an assumption.

When were using technology like computers, tablets, and our cell-phones will easily get us distracted. If we're distracted we remember less, learn less, work less, and understand less. According to the article B-C its states “If we're distracted we understand less, remember less, and learn less.That's the problem with Google and with the internet in general. when we use our computers and are cell phones all the time, we are always distracted.” Technology is making us the way we are today and will impact us in the long run. When google is giving us all this helpful information it really is makes us shallow. Without technology their will be no cars, trains, tv`s, or computers. With technology we have more and faster ways to transport to places. If we're really into developing our minds we should turn off our computers and their cell phones in start thinking with their heads not with

As the years tack on and we embark on new technological advances, the effects of such technological advances brings on new concerns about what this technology is doing to and for us. Is it connecting or disconnecting us, pushing the boundaries or crossing the line, helping or hurting us? Now what’s come into question is our intellectual habits; Is new technology making us “dumber”? With research making unfair comparisons between the new generations and older generations, those under the age of thirty cannot be proven to be “the dumbest generation”, but an improving generation.

Thompson’s point is known for its use of “artificial intelligence” being as effective compared to “intelligence amplification.” Thompson in a way meets in the middle. He points out that human will more than likely be working side by side with technology in the common workplace. Thompson’s article comes across as neutral minded. He meets in the middle saying that we are currently at a balance with technology improving our daily lives. Technology just makes life simpler. In a similar way to how the computer replaced the typewriter.

The world has changed with technology but, especially “In America 75 percent of American households have a broadband Internet subscription(Huffington Post).” In today’s world younger Americans must create a relationship with technology. From an early age science is woven into our lives. For example, the average adolescent that is developing in society today is likely to use technology for transportation, education, entertainment, and communication. The interrelation of technology with life, society, and the environment specifically is what technology does to us mentally on mental development for future generations to come.

Technology allows humans to interact freely on a global scale. Communication is now a hundred times faster than it was twenty years ago. Technology has reached to the point where instant messaging is an everyday fact of life. Technology made it easier to meet new people and keep in touch with friends and families. We can now tweet, blog, Skype, and chat with persons from all over the globe. No longer do we have to wait days before our family in the US sends their greetings. With just a cell phone and internet connection, you can send a message in just seconds to any part of the globe.