Space Odyssey

In the end, Carr gives Google’s viewpoint on the argument. Sergey Brin, a founder of the Google search engine, stated in an interview, “Certainly if you had all the world’s information directly attached to your brain, or an artificial brain that was smarter than your brain, you’d be better off.” The founders of Google say it is better to have information at your fingertips because it makes life easier. Then, Nicholas states, “Maybe I’m just a worrywart.” The author gives the other side of the argument to show that his stance is not one-sided and to makes the readers think about what they are

The essay “Is Google Making Us stupid?” by Nicholas Carr highlights how having access to unlimited amounts of information changes the way that people process information. Google may not be making the population “stupid”, but in the eyes of Carr, it is changing the way that we think, and thus, making it progressively harder to focus on long pieces of writing. Because people can seldom focus on long pieces of literature, they rarely read them at all. Nicholas Carr addresses this issue by using persuasive techniques such as constructing an engaging introduction paragraph, establishing a rapport with his readers, and by creating credibility in the eyes of his audience in “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”

Nicholas Carr, Harvard alumni and member of Encyclopedia Britannica’s editorial board of advisors, questioned the effects of search engines on our minds in his article to The Atlantic entitled, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” claiming that the use of search engines causes a loss of the ability to deeply read and as therefore causes our minds to lose the ability to process information. He used personal stories to depict the apparent change in his and others ' minds from having the ability to "read deeply," to habitually skimming over the text in an effort to hastily extract information. Specifically targeting the leaders of the Google search engine - whom he said believe that, "Ambiguity is not an opening for insight but a bug to be fixed," - he related several causal reasons as to why the engines affect our minds negatively. He used a study on online research habits from the University College London to stress the point that people conducting research tend to read "no more than one or two pages of an article or book

Nicholas Carr, who has a M.A in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University, has written for many periodicals including The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. One of his essays, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, published in 2008, was awarded as one of The Best Technology Writing. Carr’s intended audience was American since his essay was published by The Atlantic, an American magazines provides news and analysis on many areas including politics, business, and technology. In addition, Carr starts his essay with a scene from a popular science fiction movie by Stanley Kubrick, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” His intended audience were well-educated and had certain interests on technology and its effects on people’s lives.

The following essay will discuss how the ideas in “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr, is expressed in the futuristic novel Feed, by M.T Anderson.

The plot of 2001: A Space Odyssey is complex. The basic plot takes place after the human race finds a mysterious monolith buried on the moon. A crew of astronauts, the main of which are Dr. Dave Bowman, played by Keir Dullea, and Dr. Frank Poole, played by Gary Lockwood, set out on a mission to the outer moons of Jupiter. With them is the artificial intelligence computer, H.A.L. 9000, which controls all of the functions of the ship, including the life support systems holding part of the still-hibernating crew. After a series of events that lead Dr. Bowman and Dr. Poole to believe Hal is malfunctioning, relations between human and computer become hostile.

The Shallows, an eye opening book written by Nicholas Carr, discusses the detrimental impacts of technology on the process of learning. Specifically, in Chapter Eight, Carr analyzes the evolution of technology that has led to the invention of an efficient, revolutionary organization of knowledge: the search engine. For example, Google provides an online outlet to a seemingly infinite amount of information for internet users worldwide. Google is widely known as a necessity for everyday life: an incredible tool for searching the vast expansions of the world-wide web. Carr, frightened by the technological change that Google brings, describes how we are perpetually stuck between two modes of thinking. The online organization of knowledge that Google provides carries both positive and negative arguments; A database of that capacity allows individuals access to knowledge that would otherwise be inaccessible but Google also has a certain control over knowledge which is alarming.

HAL, aboard the Discovery One en route to Jupiter, is simply a tool designed to be incapable of making mistakes. HAL has a mission to fulfill and has calculated that the risk of human error puts the completion of the mission in jeopardy, so he tries to eliminate that risk by killing his human companions. However, as Dr. David Bowman deactivates HAL’s various circuits, the computer fearfully pleads for him to stop. The previously stoic but still monotonous HAL has a complex sense of self and of life and is afraid of being shut down, his equivalent of dying. Unlike the replicants and Ava, HAL is not the keystone of the film’s greater meaning. He is one feature of a multifaceted examination of what humanity is, why it exists, and what it can

The Matrix is a film directed by the Wachowski Brothers depicting a future in which machines rule. The machines have created a complex computer program called “the matrix” which simulates a form of reality. The machines have enslaved humans by hooking them up to the matrix so that they can harvest them as an energy source. A number of people have been able to escape the matrix and they continue to fight the war against the machines in hopes of being able to free everyone still trapped within the matrix. Throughout the film the main characters Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity enter back into the matrix several times for various reasons. Because the film bounces back and forth between reality and the matrix, the film induces a strong theme of

In the article, Is Google Making us Stupid?, the author, Nicholas Carr, examines the role technology, specifically google, plays in the lives of each individual and how this role is affecting the mind. He begins the article with an allusion of a scene the popular film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. In scene previously mentioned, the supercomputer Hal states that he feels his mind going. The author uses this scene to transition to his own experiences. Carr communicates to the reader that for years he has felt his own mind being “tinkered” with. The article goes on to state that the web is a blessing in that it helps save time and energy. Research, what once took hours and days, has been reduced to a matter of minutes. Carr’ stance is that the web has accomplished its intended job, maybe a little too well. The web has

From the article found on The Atlantic, “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” Nicholas Carr uncovers the drastic change throughout literature from the boom in online media consumption.

It's a science fiction, abstract and long film directed by Stanley Kubrick which one of the biggest achievements has been to merge perfectly an extraordinary soundtrack with a complicated plot. The film as its core, explore the human nature from a philosophical perspective, “where do we come from?” and “where are we going?” are questions subtly exposed.

Google is one of the largest thriving companies in the U.S. and it is extremely rare to find anyone that doesn’t know or use Google. With this generation being so tech-savvy, do you ever think to yourself, “Is all this Internet and technology making me stupid?” In the magazine article written by Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?, he claims that the Internet is slowly dismantling our capacity for concentration and cognitive abilities overall. Carr is a technology and culture writer who was a 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist and a New Yorks Times bestseller. He has written for companies such as The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and the New York Times, therefore proves he is a genuine, credible writer. With multiple examples related to history, decades back, it seems that Carr’s is reaching out and trying to relate to a western, older, more intellectual audience that lived before the Internet era. In my analysis of Carr’s text, I will examine his use of strategies with appeal to authority, identification, and hyperlinks.

As minds of mankind have fashioned pioneering technology throughout history, they have always been met with some criticism; however, countless numbers of them have succeeded in the face of doubt. Nicholas Carr wrote an article about the effects of Google, and relates to these historical events. “[After] The arrival of Gutenberg 's printing press…Italian Humanist Hieronimo Squarciafico worried that the easy availability of books would lead to intellectual laziness, making men ‘less studious’ and weakening their minds”. Although those around Gutenberg were skeptical of the effects his innovation may cause on society, books actually brought forth a new age of intelligence and more access to learning. The use of the Internet spreads like a common cold, and many fear its massive existence. However, Carr realizes that Google may turn out to be beneficial to us all.

Search engines allow people to find information instantly and efficently on a topic. Is Google actually making us stupid? Nicholas Carr attempts to persuade the reader by stating, how the way information is presented on the internet has changed the way people think. He uses different methods to do this, such as examples, statistics, and research. Carr also states that the internet has become the primary source of information, and has begun to affect our ability to read long books and other lengthy texts. Carr compares the past and the present of the internet. The growth of the internet has changed the way he thinks, and other writers. Nicholas Carr is successful at convincing the audience that internet has changed the way people think and the ability to read long texts through his use of logos and pathos.