Negligence And Google's Duty Of Care

Nicholas Carr is well known American writer who has written article and books based on business, technology and culture. In 2011, he was the finalist for Pulitzer Prize in General Notification for his book The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains.In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, he wrote for The Atlantic on Jul 1, 2008. It's very plausible, complicated and persuasive article. The article makes many believable connections to every day's life, compelling people by using metaphors, staying true to the point and using different rhetorical approaches.

Distracted walking is not that big of a deal. Many people would just ignore the law, like how you can’t be on your phone while driving-which people do all the time. The driver also needs to be aware on who is crossing the street. It’s not just a one person job, and its common sense to look before you cross the street . In the article, “Would You Ban Texting and Walking,” under column “A Big Deal?” it says, “Distracted walking may not seem like a big deal. After all, you’re just glancing at you phone for a moment, right?” Also under column “Common Sense,” the text states, “ Some say we shouldn’t need a law for something that boils down common

Since Google is a multination, it has numerous amounts of rule and regulations to abide by depending on the country’s laws and

Sergey Brin noted, “Some say Google is God. Others say Google is Satan. But if they think Google is too powerful, remember that with search engines, unlike other companies, all it takes is a single click to go to another search engine.” Nicholas Carr’s essay challenges this assertion. Nicholas Carr believes even though there are multiple search engines, “the faster we surf across the Web-the more links we click and pages we view-the more opportunities Google and other companies gain to collect information about us and to feed us advertisements.” This topic elicits such strong responses because technology is a part of our everyday lives. Technology is only becoming more advanced and will continue to be a source of debate for all who use it.

People are worried about driverless cars not being There are many times, where you just have to use your human judgement, and hope you’re right. Mathew Wall states that, “Driving isn’t just about technology and engineering, is about human interactions and psychology.”(Wall). So just because the car can sense the surroundings around it, and can try to avoid wrecks, it can’t read human interactions. Recently one of Google’s self-driving cars had gotten into an accident. Avery says that, “The other vehicle came into the intersection at 30 miles per hour, running a red light and hitting the Google car's right side, t-boning the car. Google said its car was traveling at 22 miles per hour at the time of the collision.”(Hartmans). It’s unsure whether or not a human would’ve been able to avoid this accident, but this is showing us how even this technology isn’t going to protect us one hundred percent. There are many things that can play into an accident beside environmental factors that are going to need to take much more technology before driverless cars are adequate. Plus who’s to blame if two driverless cars get in a crash? It’s not the human’s fault because they’re not

The main issue is the debate over what his point actually is on this topic, and, therefore, he succeeds in educating his audience on the topic. Instead of telling them what he believes and influencing their perspectives, he provides them with the information needed to form their own opinions. The title of the article is "Is Google Making Us Stupid"; the title is not "Google Is Making Us Stupid." By phrasing the title in a question, it leaves the audience to answer the question. Carr's job in this article is to inform readers, not make decisions for them. He merely provides both sides of the argument and allows them to take what they are given and formulate their beliefs. By arguing for both sides, he easily appeals to all kinds of people reading his

The roads in the Greater Baton Rouge area are almost always in a state of disrepair. Unfortunately the state does not have the funds to repair the road so it’s up to Baton Rouge drivers to make do with what they have. With the roads in such horrible conditions drivers

"Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Summary Nicholas Carr, in his article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?," questions whether or not Google is benefitting society or destroying the ability of people to concentrate and think for themselves. In this day and age, Google is a lifeline, and it can be argued that without it, society would fall apart. Carr gives Google adequate credit for its positive benefits and revolutionary developments in the recent years, but he also points out how it may also be detrimental to this generation and future generations to come.

This essay is very convincing to how Google and the Internet in general are changing the framework of our minds. He states that, “My mind isn’t going- so far as I can tell- but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think.” (370) Carr continues to go on about

In “Is Google Make Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr explains the worrisome signals that the Net is creating between the humanity. This article was published in July/August 2008 issue of the Atlantic, contains 16 pages that covering different points of view from bloggers or historical famous. The purpose of “Is

Fifty years ago, pen and paper were the main tools used to communicate. Thirty years later, computers became more prevalent and individuals began using computers more regularly. Today, computers, tablets, and iPhones have become almost a necessity due to the various jobs and schools that require their usage for communicating

In the article entitled, “Dutch Town Aims Safety Measures at the Feet of ‘Smartphone Zombies’’’ Tom Everett explains how distracted walkers are becoming a problem. First, Everett discusses how many people are not being aware of their surroundings when they are on their smartphones. Everett thinks a unaware walker might

Those of us who have used Google, already know what it means when someone says, “Google that.” Google is the most popular search engine website on the Internet, with more than three billion searches per-day. Google is much more than just a search engine; Google powers Android phones, our soon to be selfless driving cars, our Internet in poor countries, and our Chromebook computers. Thanks to the help of Google, we are able to live a more robust life using all the technologies and services they provide. Although Nicholas Carr argues that, in fact, Google is to be blamed for making us the end user “stupid.” I disagree with Nicholas Carr on “Is Google making us stupid” because Google makes us more efficient, more productive, and more sociable.

Google is a company that was conceptualized in a dorm room by two Stanford University college students in 1996 (Arnold, 2005, p. 1) and has morphed into one of the greatest technological powerhouses in operation today. What began as merely a means to analyze and categorize Web sites according to their relevance has developed into a vast library of widely utilized resources, including email servicing, calendaring, instant messaging and photo editing, just to reference a few. Recent statistics collected by SearchEngineWatch.com reflects that of the 10 billion searches performed within the United States during the month of February, 2008, an impressive 5.9 billion of them were executed by Google (Burns, 2008). Rated as Fortune Magazine’s

The driver is not sure where to start and is never sure how long it will take before they find a spot that is safe and convenient. Most of the time it will not be convenient and it is not necessarily a safe place to be walking alone. This part of Dayton has some strange wanderers, people who are mean and not very smart. As you dig and tare through the haystack and it gets close to being all in pieces, you know that you must be getting close because it has to be in there somewhere. The story is different when trying to find a legal parking space. The driver could go up and down every row a million times and if nobody has left or if the space requires a permit, the driver might be out of luck.