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    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

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    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

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    Summary of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr As the internet offers us the benefits of quick and easy knowledge, it is affecting the brain’s capacity to read longer articles and books. Carr starts Is Google Making Us Stupid with the closing scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey when Dave taking apart the memory circuits that control HAL, the artificial brain of the ship. Carr feels the time he spends online is rewiring his brain. He is no longer able to concentrate long

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    Garrett Mastin English 1010 Instructor Renaud 6 February, 2013 Is Google making us Stupid: An article by Nicholas Carr Over history technology has changed mankind’s overall culture. From clocks to computers the use of electronics and tools is occurring every day in almost all situations. In Carr’s article “Is Google Making us Stupid?” he introduces the idea how the internet is changing our lives by making us mentally process information differently from the past, based off previous changes

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    Is Google Making Us Stupid? 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. Carr mentions his personal experience with technology and how it has affected him. He points out his “concentration often starts to drift after two

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    Is Google Making Us Stupid The article ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid?’ discusses in detail how technology has affected the human brain’s ability to read long passages. The author feels that the internet is bad for the brain. Nicholas Carr writes that he spends much of his leisure time from the Net. Carr feels like he can’t concentrate on the long passages of reading because his brain is used to the fast millisecond flow of the Net. ‘For more than a decade now, I’ve been spending a lot of time online

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    According to Google Dictionary the definition of stupid is, “Lacking intelligence or common sense.” When “The definition of stupid” is searched in Google there are about 30 million results in .61 seconds. With so much knowledge at people’s fingertips it is easy to find any information that is desired. Since all of this information is open to the public, it is silly to say that Google is making us stupid, as in “lacking intelligence or common sense.” Google is not making us stupid. In fact it even

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    mind develops? The internet is making us look at the world in a more unclear way. As a today’s generation people depends on too much technology. However, there are two articles that provides two different perspectives about the issues. In the first article, “Why Google Isn’t Making Us Stupid… or Smart” by Chad Wellmon, he talks to us about how Google is not actually making us stupid. In fact, Wellmon gives us a different point of view about how the Internet has helped us out in many different ways.

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    THE APP Google essay Placencia Rosanna Placencia ENG 1300-02 November 13, 2015 Cause and Effects- First Draft Prompt: Is There a Reason Why Google is The Most Popular Search Engine Professor Fleisher “Google is making a huge impact on people Nicholas Carr’s Atlantic Online article “Is google making us stupid?”talks about on how the use of the computer affects our cognitive behavior. He stated that many people do not use books, they would rather use google to find

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    technology is making us smarter or making us stupider? Google was invented in September 4, 1998, since then people argue that our lives have gotten easier making us lazier. I believe after reading the articles provided, that Google has made humanity lose some brain cells. Due to the fact that we are becoming lazier, we are thinking less, and we are becoming less social. Technology has made our life easier because it helps us in our daily lives but most importantly. It’s allowing us to becoming even

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