Nicholas Carr's Essay 'Is Google Making USupid'

With the rise of technology and the staggering availability of information, the digital age has come about in full force, and will only grow from here. Any individual with an internet connection has a vast amount of knowledge at his fingertips. As long as one is online, he is mere clicks away from Wikipedia or Google, which allows him to find what he needs to know. Despite this, Nicholas Carr questions whether Google has a positive impact on the way people take in information. In his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr explores the internet’s impact on the way people read. He argues that the availability of so much information has diminished the ability to concentrate on reading, referencing stories of literary types who no longer

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.

Nicholas Carr in the article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” argues that the more people use technology, the more it’s making people stupid. Throughout the article he mentions many examples where he proves himself correct. Google is making us stupid because it’s affecting our concentration the more we rely on technology.

Nicholas Carr argues in his text, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” that the Internet is changing the way people work and reflect for the worst. Carr’s argument is ineffective because while the Internet might be shifting people, it could be for the better. Nicholas Carr argues that the instant access to information through Google provides has caused the loss of the ability to read long articles and as well be able to hold our attention with out just skimming through the text. While Carr attempts to persuade his audience through his rhetorical aim and as well as the usage of ethos, pathos and logos to convince his audience with a rational dispute, his argument is to direct and the audience he is speaking to

In Nicholas Carr's "It's Google Making Us Stupid," he argues what many people probably never thought of and if thought they might have thought the opposite. He begins by saying how the internet really affected the way humans process information. He begins to support his idea by using a scene from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: The Space Odyssey, where the supercomputer is being dismantled by the man the machine almost killed. Carr further emphasized the fact that the computer could "feel" its "brain" being taken away as the man took it out of its memory circuits. This is the idea that Carr defines by then that the readers understand his theory

The internet is a technology which has had a significant impact on the way many people conduct their lives. Information once contained in massive volumes at libraries or in private collections is now available by typing words into a search engine and clicking “search.” One must no longer pick up a phone to call a friend, relative or colleague; e-mail, instant messaging, Skype and the like, have enabled people to communicate in non-traditional ways and across boundaries previously inaccessible. Nicholas Carr addresses the wonder that is the internet in his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The general direction of the article is a discussion of how intelligent thought patterns seem to be changing; attention spans and critical

Does the internet affect the way people think? This is the question Nicholas Carr answers in his essay, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr writes about the negative aspects of relying on an outside source for information in order to argue that Google could be making us less intelligent. Carr’s general audience is anyone with access to the internet because he believes most people with access to the internet usually abuse it. Because the internet supplies a large quantity of information, people are less likely to learn for themselves.

Over the years, technology has developed into something that we cannot live without. Society is constantly being dictated and reshaped by the newest technology. In Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, he expounded on the uncomfortable sense that someone, or something was tinkering with his brain. He realized that he’s not thinking the way he used to. Additionally, he explains how our brains aren’t familiar with critical thinking anymore. He also introduces the idea that the Internet is doing more harm to us than good. I believe Carr’s ideas on the negative effects of the Internet are well founded. The validity surrounds us daily.

When assessing the risks of digital technology’s role in our future, many reflect on the developments of new technology throughout history. Nicholas Carr, author of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” uses historical examples to support his claim that we should fear technological advancements. In contrast, Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld, authors of “The Influencing Machines,” examine both sides of the issue and ultimately conclude that we should not fear technological development. One technological development Carr as well as Gladstone and Neufeld examined was the printing press. Carr asserts that most of the arguments about the printing press turned out to be correct including that it “would undermine religious authority, demean the work of scholars

Nicholas Carr stated a couple true statements, but I disagree that google is making us stupid. In the article, Carr explained how reading has drastically increased throughout the years. He is indeed correct about this. During this generation, people rely on the internet to provide accurate essential facts, which one can gain valuable knowledge from. Those who skim through articles or never read a book due to losing concentration after reading three pages are not lacking intelligence, but lack ambition and motivation.

In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains”, Nicholas Carr points out the fact that google is affecting our brains. He explains how being able to access information more quickly is minimizing the amount of thinking we have to do on our own and therefore preventing our brain to do deep thinking. On the second paragraph the author says, “I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it more strongly when I’m reading”. I strongly agree with the author’s point because when I used to live in the Dominican Republic I didn’t have access to google and had to go to the library and check out books to do my homework assignments. I wasn’t intimidated by the length of the reading and was able to find the

In Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, Carr discusses the topic of Internet usage and whether or not it is affecting our intelligence. He begins his article by saying that he has begun to feel as though someone is tampering with his memory. Carr states that while he does not believe his memory is decreasing, it is also not improving. He believes that his concentration is not as strong, saying that he can’t stay focused on one story long enough to complete it, and if he does, he cannot focus on the plot enough to soak in the point the author is trying to convey. Carr tells us that he thinks that his diminished concentration is because of skimming articles online instead of reading entire writings for his research. He also

The internet is our conduit for accessing a wide variety of information. In his article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” Nicholas Carr discusses how the use of the internet affects our thought process in being unable to focus on books or longer pieces of writing. The author feels that “someone, or something, has been tinkering with [his] brain” over the past few years (Carr 731). While he was easily able to delve into books and longer articles, Carr noticed a change in his research techniques after starting to use the internet. He found that his “concentration often [started] to drift after two or three pages” and it was a struggle to go back to the text (Carr 732). His assertion is that the neural circuits in his brain have changed as a

In his article, Is Google making us Stupid?, Nicholas Carr laments on his lack of concentration and claims that his extended time online is responsible for his predicament. According to Carr, “[…] what

In Nicholas Carr's piece "Is Google Making Us Stupid?", Carr questions the quality of intelligence in today's society. Carr argues that having access to virtually everything at the touch of a button is weakening our ability to concentrate on long pieces of writing. He recognizes that getting the "gist" of the information he is searching for in a headline and maybe a paragraph is decreasing his ability to absorb longer pieces of writing (314-315). He adds to this point by discussing the fact that internet browsers deliberately attempt to distract readers. When reading an article online, Carr points out that there is little chance that the article you are reading is the only thing on your screen. He notes that within the article there