Once The World Transitioned Into The “Digital Age”, Many

Technology has become a daily part in one's lives where it helps people do the simplest of tasks and allows time consuming tasks be completed in seconds. People don't have to go to a bookstore to buy books anymore since e-books made the process easier or have to wait in long lines at the DMV when people can make an appointment through their phones. The amount of time technology saves people isn't beneficial though, according to Paul Goldberger and Christina Kline technology has belittled experiences that they believe are part of the experiences of life on a daily basis.

Kids, teens and adults are now constantly navigating the internet or using some sort of technology. In the article “Is the Onslaught Making Us Crazy” by Tony Dokoupil, different psychologist claim that technology has a bad influence on the human mind. Throughout the text, real life examples, showing psychological breakdowns, are used to support the statement.

Technology in today's world affect everyone about the same since we can not live without. The amount of different activities and possibilities to do on the internet using different devices is immense . Whatever you want if it is food,games, or researching something anyone can receive in a matter of seconds. Tammy Kennon who is the author of , “ 5 New Brain Disorders that Were Born Out of the Digital Age” states the negatives about the technology devices that run the world. She tells us about how our patience, attention spans, and memory are all affected due to that fact that we are obsessed with electronics. In today’s world everyone relies on web searches like google to answer a question or do something for them. When a research was conducted by researchers they found out that”[O]ne -Third of them did not even try, reaching for google immediately” this shows how much people rely

Carr uses a metaphor to show his previous immersion of his reading, like the story was all around him. Computers have made everything easily accessible so that he does not need to read deeper, and because of this he has lost that skill. Consequently, with so much information online, many don’t care to learn anymore because they feel they can just look it up. This has resulted in the loss of the ability to comprehend information when viewing text. In this Pew survey it shows the effects of no longer grasping the material we read.

Carr not only uses his personal experience with technology, but he also uses vivid imagery and analysis from other authors that also support his main argument to persuade the reader. In the article, he states “ Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do” (Carr 314). Technology has changed the way of peoples thinking and reading. Nowadays, people can't finish reading a good book without yawning on the first page. It has become harder for people to think for

Most people in today’s society have been affected by how simple technology makes our lives. Considering they’re hand held computers, it makes sense. All of this technology at our fingertips has also brought upon its negative outcomes. Technology has created a false world that we consume ourselves with on a daily basis.

I kind of agree with him, although he made some valid points. He said that people are not interested as much in reading and how he finds himself skimming through articles that are more than few paragraphs. I also do find myself skimming through articles sometimes when it comes to reading the article. When I was back home, we didn’t had access to internet and we need to find something or do research about something we would go to the library and read a lot of books and try to find information that was required for the assignments. We even had to write it down on the paper because there were no computers as well. But when I came to United State everything was so different I learned about computer and how we can find any kind information by looking it up. In high school, everything was on the computer email, homework assignments and even presentations. As time pass by I did started noticing the difference I started using the computer more and paper less to form my thoughts because I felt it was to much. For example, Fredrich Nietzsche, a writer sometime in 1882, Carr explained Nietzsche got the typewriter when writing was becoming a huge task for him, until him and his friend started noticing the change in him “Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts.” It made me wonder that how I use to think when I was back home. I did notice change in me, as time pass by I stopped going to the library and started using google for every little information that I needed. As Carr mentioned ““Someone or something has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory.” I believe that it’s giving us all the answers that we need without even working hard for it. When we need something, or don’t understand something, the first thing people do is look up on the google and I also use google multiple times in a day. We can find so much

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 or turning in assignments. Most people in the United States could agree that they use technology on a daily basis however, compared to fifty years ago, this was obviously not the case. But many individuals today are wondering the same question: how is our increasing use of technology affecting us?

First of all, Carr has pointed out that technology is taking away our ability to concentrate and contemplate. Due to the great database of the Internet, Carr found out that everything has become easier for him as a writer: less time spending for research, watching videos and listening to podcast is convienient and fast,… But riding along with those convieniences is the inabilities to concentrate. With all the times he has spent on the Internet, Carr now finds it hard to immerse in a book or a lengthy article, and he also notices that his concentration oftens “starts to drift after two or three pages.” As Carr stated in his article, the Net seems to have “chipped away his capacity for concentration and contemplation,”and it made him realized that the way he is obtaining information now is no different from zipping along the surface on a Jet Ski. Carr believed that the old research

He believes that the web has slowed his brain down because in today’s generation we now have cellphones, labtops, iPads and other sources that was not even thought about in the past. We have new ways to research, watch and learn. He uses a quote from Maryanne Wolf “above all else, may be weakening our capacity for the kind of deep reading that emerged when an earlier technology, the printing press, made long and complex works of prose commonplace” (wolf). Carr believes that before all the technology we were able to access our brain to our full ability because we had to.

Since the beginning of recorded history, people always have developed new technologies. Technology was like a double-edged sword: it always brought destruction and improvement. Even though technology has both disadvantages and advantages, it had more advantages if it is well controlled. For example, fire, one of the old human inventions, is dangerous and is capable to destroy objects but people still use it because it allows people to cook, heat oneself, melt metal, combust to generate energy, and etc. However, there are always people who disbelieve in new technology.

Initially, I did not expect too much from Carr’s essay. The title appeared to give away most of what he would say. In some ways, that was correct, while in others it was not. After having read it in full, Carr 's essay gives me an impression of someone who is both sad about and sort of resigned to the changes and progressions occurring in technology. He sees it as something negative, but he admits in places that these progressions have certain benefits as well. That is not the point of the essay, though. He slights the advantages he addresses with the warning that “that boon comes at a price.” Following up, Carr talks about his changing reading habits. He insists that as a child he read often and went on to blame the internet for

Due to this new form of reading, Carr is more aware that people under this influence are only grabbing at information and storing them into the shelves of their minds, as if they were computers themselves. At the end of the excerpt, Carr had felt as if he was “turning into a high-speed processing machine, a human HAL” (357), with his so-called “new mind.” With this concept, superficial details that are taken account for collect dust as there is not the slightest interaction

What effect does modern digital technology have on individuals who rely on it heavily in their everyday lives? Innovations such as video games, internet search engines, and online databases receive great praise as well as great criticism depending on who answers this question. Nicholas Carr and Steven Johnson have both written pieces stating their opinions on technology’s effect on the human brain. Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” explains how accessing information quickly and easily through search engines like Google negatively alters the way people seek and read information and think. Johnson’s book “Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter” covers the positive attributes of digital technology, video games in particular. He explains how video games are intellectually stimulating and help develop complex skills. Digital technology has interesting effects on the different processes of our mind.

Technology is used on a daily basis to accomplish specific tasks or interests. Modern technology increases human capabilities and this technology has evolved with years. Technology simplifies life in so many ways and everyone defines technology in their own way. They’re new types of technology on the market, this technology simplifies our daily lives. They’re endless demands as consumers of technology, people use technology to accomplish simple tasks every day. Technology’s used in business, education, communication, healthcare, entertainment and so much more. There’s an unquestionable impact of technology on society. Whether considering the plow, vaccinations, or the internet, technology has had a huge impact on society. While not every advance benefits society, there’s many positive effects of technology. Modern technology makes life more convenient now more than ever. Modern technologies like broadband internet makes it possible to access relevant information at any time anywhere. Today’s technology makes it simple for students to learn from anywhere through online education and mobile education, which improves the education system. It also improves the health system, most hospitals have implemented modern technology in surgical rooms, which may reduce the number of mistakes made by doctors. Modern technology’s more convenient than when it was simpler because, it provides an easy way to access information, improves the education system, and it improves the health system.