Clancy On Technology

Technology nowadays always use to have so much information at our fingertips, but is this a good thing? That is what Jamais Cascio’s “Get Smarter” and Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stoopid?” both discuss; they specifically address the effects that new technology, such as the internet, has on the way humans think. The difference is that Carr argues that this new technology is making us stupid while Cascio argues that it is making us smarter. Nicholas Carr’s article discusses the negative effects of the internet and technology like it. It specifically mentions slight changes in the way people do things because of the influence of technology and gives many historical and anecdotal examples. Jamais Cascio’s article is about the advancements of technology and how it is makes people smarter. Cascio talks about Twitter, mental enhancement drugs and AIs, focusing a lot on the benefits of the advancements.

Nicholas Carr is an American author who writes the majority of books and articles about the continuously evolving world of technology and how it is effecting our society. Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, was a 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist and a New York Times bestseller. In this essay I will be rhetorically analyzing Carr’s essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid” published in 2008. The purpose of Carr’s essay was to bring light to an issue that many of us face but only a meniscal few have come to terms with; and that is that technology is mentally incapacitating our society and simultaneously making us lazy. This essay was intended for anyone was has been consumed in today’s culture by new technological advances to the extent of not being able to function without some sort of device, IE cellphone, laptop or tablet on a daily basis.

The predominance of technology and smartphones in particular has lead to many suggestions that creativity is being killed by our reliance on these tools. This isn’t a new thought. People were suggesting that technology was decreasing creative thoughts long ago. When I was a kid, it was TV and computers that brought the downfall of imaginations everywhere.

Most would agree that the technological advances today have caused this generation to become crippled in their creativity. The lack of face-to-face communication has severely damaged this generations ability to separate text-speech from formal speeches. Being born in a generation were technology is only at it’s peak, it’s hard to separate yourself from the tech-savvy world. As stated in the article The Creativity Crisis by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman the accepted definition of creativity is production of something original and useful, and that’s what’s reflected in the tests. There is never one right answer. To be creative requires divergent thinking (generating many unique ideas) and then convergent thinking (combining those ideas into the best result).

In recent years, technology has taken huge steps forward. Things that past generations only dreamed of have come to fruition. Undoubtedly, technology has presented the world with numerous benefits and opportunities. With the aid of technology, the field of medicine has greatly improved. Answers to all of life’s questions lie just one click of tap away. Self-driving cars loom large on the horizon. Technology has made people’s lives so much easier and better, or has it? While technology has brought about many benefits, many problems have risen as well. Dependence on technology has driven the world too far. Americans depend too much on technology because it affects cognitive skills and attention, makes its users too dependent on it, creates a

In the article The Heady Thrill of Having Nothing to Do written by Scott Adams, before society learned to adapted to the electronic technologies and new innovations that were being created every individual was more creative and could process more meaningful thoughts. Since our society is so dependent on distractions like televisions, phones, and computers everyone now lacks the creativity they all once had as a child due to the lack of boredom they all face upon in their everyday lives.

If you were to ask somebody what a computer was sixty years ago they would look at you look at you puzzled. Now days it is hard to find a household or office in America that does not contain at least one personal computer. With all of this information at our finger tips, we have to ask ourselves if we are becoming too dependent on technology. Imagine if we were to wake up tomorrow with all electronic devices disabled. Everybody’s life would be impacted in one way or another. We would lose what has become the largest portal for communication. We would also lose countless information that has

People have become very dependent on technology in recent years. In the course of history, man has created wonderful and effective things that have improved certain areas of society. With the passage of time, technology innovations reached a corner if the earth to become host part of many cultures. Previously, the man did not read a computer, or any technology device to learn and perform their daily tasks but obviously has become increasingly dependent on technology.

The lack of creativity within the society has been going for too long, in fact, it seems to be irreversible to fix the damages unless we decide to take action. The lack of originality began within the school education system, which is the main driving force of the lack of originality among the children to loss their abilities and confidence of themselves to speak and think freely without any type of hesitation or fear. The children loss these wonderful skills over time as they are learning in an education system that ends up failing them to improve and strive to become better people within their society. Creativity is one of many skills that rising businesses are looking for young adults which brings concerns to our school system and our economic growth as a society.

With the advancement in science, people's lives have become more and more dependent on technology. Today the first question that everyone asks when they visit any place is "What's the Wi-Fi password?" It has become quite rare to find people going through big fat books and encyclopedias to find something they need. Need a recipe? Google it. Going to a new city? Kudos to Google Maps. Missing someone living on the other side of the globe? Skype and FaceTime to the rescue. It is just a matter of few years when technology will become every man's basic need. "Smarter than You Think" and "I Had a Nice Time with You Tonight. On the App." written by Clive Thompson and Jenna Wortham respectively admire the wonderful effects of technology on people's daily life. There is no doubt that several complications have also arised with the increase use of technology. So, people should be able to realize their limit to use the wonders of science.

The Internet is widely used by many communities. Americans use it because it’s quick and gives results in less than a second. However, overuse of the Internet including technology, stunts our intellect and makes us dependent. Humans lack on doing simple things by himself/herself because the Internet has become so convenient to many. They then begin to become dependent on things such as autocorrect, Google search, or even a GPS systems such as Google Maps.

In a world that revolves around technology, Americans often ask whether we rely too much on it. Technology continues to advance as people depend more on it, using devices, cars, planes, and other technological machines each day. Many consider this a negative outcome for social life, concluding it hinders the possibility for people to interact in person. However, others believe technology actually has a major purpose in the world today. Useful for communication and education, it overall makes life simpler, but many view this as an issue because people rely too much on the intellect of their devices and less on their own knowledge. For example, people enjoy playing games instead of studying or reading, but whether one decides to study or play games really just depends on their discipline and mindset not on technology. While many Americans believe they depend too much on technology, it serves many useful purposes that make life more efficient and simpler.

Creativity can be defined by Dictionary.com as the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work, and it is quickly becoming the most valued trait of the century. According to a 2016 report by the World Economic Forum, it will be one of the top three attributes that employers will be looking for by 2020 (Stenger). Many claim today’s technology drives our culture to be less creative, and more robotic and addicted. However, studies prove that when you integrate technology into everyday tasks, people actually respond better. In the workforce, business world, and education systems, technology helps people be more engaged and put the creative process into action.

Have you ever noticed how society always tries to keep up with the latest and greatest trends? From pagers, flip phones, house phones, cassette players, and develop film to voice mails, iPhones, dvd’s, digital cameras and printers are just a few of the many products that over time innovative individuals have evolved and ameliorated. In 2002, the drastic change of technology began to expand and to become more advanced. It was said that the advancements to technology was making everyday life effortless for individuals from communication to entertainment. Without the aid of technology, life would be more laborious because we have become dependent on technology to assist us with various tasks. Technology is also said to have been the bridge in the gap of communication, however, others feel that technology has handicapped its users and caused them to be more dependent upon man-made machinery.

Humanity is known for being blindly susceptible to aspects of its own creation. In recent years technology has been labeled as the main authority amongst society and is said to be responsible for the numerous shifts in daily life, specifically those related to the evolution of the human mind that go unnoticed. However, this development has not taken on a positive connotation after such extensive advancements in the digital world. In articles such as Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid” and Gary Small and Vorgan Gigi’s “Meet Your iBrain,” people have been drawing attention to the way technology “is rapidly and profoundly altering our brains” (Small and Gigi 1). Carr even mentions that society has been involved in a struggle of discovering who is doing the thinking: them or their technology. Using articles such as these and peer interviews this paper will dissertate the influence technology has had on the human mind and society’s actions.