Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Mind For The Better

Technology has always been a controversial subject between conservative people and innovators. Some people believe that it is a great tool to connect cultures and improve education and innovation in our society today, but others view it as a menace in our lives. “Growing Up Tethered” by Sherry Turkle and “George Orwell...Meet Mark Zuckerberg” by Lori Andrews both view technology as a dangerous tool. They believe in the many drawbacks of technology and the harm it can do to our lives with no explanation of the positive effects it has had on our society. “Our Future Selves” by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen plays the role of a positive look at technology and its role in our lives today. It gives examples of how advancing technology helps us and improves so many peoples’s lives. We can use Schmidt and Cohen’s essay as a lens to view the other two texts and gain a different understanding of what they are writing about.

Technology is both a blessing and a curse. It can make the lives of people better or it can completely make everything inconvenient. Technology has gone from something that was once complex to something used on the daily. It, in fact, may be destroying and taking over society. This idea is proposed in both “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet and “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury, however, presents the most disturbing and cruel views on technology and society.

The more advanced technology becomes, the more of a toll it has on our daily lives. Lee Siegel states that “we shop, work, play, love, search for information, seek to communicate with each other and sometimes with the world online. We spend more time online than ever before. Yet people are not arguing about this startling new condition." It is my belief that due to the control technology has taken over society, technology is ultimately detrimental to society as a whole.

Nowadays, Technology has broad speculations in our lives. Technology has advantages and disadvantages. There are much diverse age groups that use technology daily. It has come to a fact that we rely on technology to get a breather from our hectic daily life. The very definite functional part of technology has been seen visible in the lowest part of the age group. Young children and teenagers in first world countries have been growing more attached to technology the more advanced it gets. Why does a controversy still exist around the pros and cons of children’s use of technology?

Essentially, he bluntly says throughout his article that the Internet and search engines such as Google are “making us stupid”. He goes on to explain how the rise of the internet is adverse to the intellectual mind because it is starting to replace physical reading, and reading allows for “intellectual vibrations” to be “set off” within the minds of the people (Carr 28). However, it clear to see that as technology evolves, so does the world and its views on what is considered to be intellectual. While people may not be reading as many physical books anymore, they do tend to educate themselves on the world around them in other ways. Even on seemingly casual social media sites such as Twitter and Instagram, people speak out about what they understand and feel about the world around them, showing how “intellectual vibrations” are now set off differently than in years past. A technology press conference, a controversial social media post, or a compelling article from an online news source could get a person to deeply think about something just any form of physical print would be able to; this is made evident by how the younger generations are currently using the Internet and its sites. In fact, Carr even quotes an Italian humanist by the name of Hieronimo Squarciafico who stated that the introduction of the Gutenberg printing press and readily available publications would make men “less studious” (28). However, the introduction of readily available literature has proven to have had the opposite effect, with the most studious of people accepting books and other printed publications as some of their most treasured intellectual resources. In the same way, a parallel can be drawn to the Internet, which will likely turn out to be a blessing for intellectuals around the world just as the printing press was all those years ago. With knowledge and

It is the age of technology. The world is constantly undergoing changes and developments with the passage of time. Simultaneously, technology too is evolving at a faster rate than before. There is no doubt that the world has been benefitted from the constantly evolving technology and the lives of many people have changed a lot. It has facilitated transport as well as communication across the world. We owe much to technology. But each and every thing has their pros and cons. Technology too has its own disadvantages.

Carry’s essay offers us insight into an extremely relevant question in this day and age. Is our increasing use of rapidly evolving technologies detrimental to the human brain? Or in other words, “Is Google Making Us Stupid” (Carr 737). What Carr said may be offensive to some, but he has a point. While I agree with Carr’s statement that “I’m not thinking the way I used to think” (Carr 731). I do not believe advanced technologies like Google are “making us stupid”(Carr 737). They are just making our brains indolent by replacing our natural critical thinking skills with that of an artificial intelligence.

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

There have been many time periods throughout history. There has been the stone age to the iron age, from the age of ancient Egypt to ancient Rome, and from the middle ages to the industrial revolution. In today’s time, we live in what is called the digital age or the computer age or the information age. Without a doubt, we live in a time period where technological advancements have risen up to the point where horses have been replaced with motor vehicles, letters replaced with phones, and people can now access buy food without ever leaving their homes with just a click of a button in a screen. Technology has certainly evolved drastically in the last couple of decades. Technology has evolved to the point that some people born in the digital age cannot live without it. Americans today tend to believe that technology has provided people a better living situation and better lifestyle. However, while it has given people a better life it also comes with drawbacks and negative opinions and advantages. Technology has enabled people to become better thieves and it has also made people to become too reliant and dependent that some have become lazy and recluse in their own homes. And though some people may not notice technology can also indirectly cause physical pain.

In Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, he claims that Google is making us think differently. He tells us about his own troubles and those of his colleagues, that they can no longer deep read or deep think. Carr gives examples from the past and connects them to what is happening in our present. He also provides a look into what our future may look like with our continued use of technology in our everyday lives. Carr delivers many convincing points in his article and really explains to the reader that their electronic devices and the Internet are creating a shallower person. He provides an insight to the other side of his argument, the side that believes technology is changing our world for the better. Both sides of the argument can be understood. However, Carr’s side of the argument persuades me more to become a skeptic of new advances. Technology is changing the way we think, act, and connect with each other; the more advanced we become the more disconnected we get.

Have you ever thought about the pros and cons of technology? Technology can be very helpful don't you think? Although you have to agree with me that Technology can have disadvantages too. Technology is improving in many ways along ¨ with shift in society and the way that we think and operate is also coming along as a consequence to the technological advances. ¨ (7 biggest pros, and cons of Technology) There has been a lot of debate on if technology is good for society or not, but in order to develop an opinion you have to hear about both of the sides first. Pros, or Cons?

Have you ever thought about the effect technology is having on your mental abilities such as your brain? Well I didn’t until I came across “Is google making us stupid.” Never have I thought the internet and what it was doing to me would affect me from an academic standpoint. Now a days no real effort is being put into research or writing or even reading. Google is making us stupider because it is causing our memory become very lazy, it is causing the individual to lose knowledge, and lastly it is causing the individual to have a short attention span. The essay Carr wrote with his strong introduction, and different sources used convinced me of the dangers that technology is having on a individuals brain.

Technology is the first productive force, an important symbol of advanced productivity and a special social phenomenon and social activity of human society. Technology are indispensable to social development, and the development has greatly improved the human ability to transform the natural world. The development of modern technology has made the world more significant in economic and social societies. Without the advancement of technology, there would not be the high development of human material civilization and spiritual civilization. Without the progress of technology, we will not have the prosperity and stability of our country, and the progress of technology has greatly promoted the development of human society. In contemporary society, the influence of technology on social economy, culture and lifestyle is positive. But in the real world, technology also have negative impacts on people's daily life.

The topic of controversy for this essay is whether or not technology has a negative or positive affect on people. In order to help explain whether or not technology has a positive or negative affect on us there will be four articles that will be discussed within this essay. The first article is “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr, “The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens by Ferris Jabr, “Get Smarter” by Jamais Cascio, and “Technology Doesn’t Dumb Us Down. It Frees Our Minds” by Damon Darlin. Carr and Jabr’s articles say that technology does affect us negatively, while Cascio and Darlin say that technology affects us in a positive way. An interested, but uniformed person can learn most about this

For the 21-century learner, learning how to navigate technology is essential to success in life. In addition to reading, math, social studies, and science, technology is becoming an important part of curriculum. Integration of technology into already existing curriculum is necessary to maximum instructional time. In addition to preparing learners for technology use in future occupations, technology can enhance a student’s learning especially in reading. With the invention of many new technological advances, there are various ways that technology can support reading instruction for above, on, and below grade level students. Although technology use in the classroom can have some disadvantages, technology integration that