Google- The Automated Thinker
Human beings greatest technological accomplishment have brought progress, however this “progress” is not always positive. Nicholas Carr is a American writers who usually writes about the controversy of technology. Carr explains in his article “Is Google Making us Stupid” how as a writer he used the internet often. Now Carr believes he has lost his concentration while reading. In Carr’s words; his concentration starts to drift after reading two or three pages. Individuals who use an excessive amount of the internet will therefore result in getting easily distracted, becoming more relying and even affect the human mind.
Frequently when individuals use Google there could be many distractions and might even start to waste time. According to scholars from University College London, “Sometimes they 'd save a long article, but there 's no evidence that they ever went back and actually read it” (316). There are numerous of distractions on the internet that will cause an individual to not be able to benefit the information they have available. For instance, a student could be writing a …show more content…
Google isn 't only a great search engine, they have “Gmail”, “Google Maps”, and “Youtube”. Having all of these invention in a matter of a click away can make people lazy and less intelligent. The reason for this is because individuals are relying on technology to do simple things for them such as spell,wake them up, and remind them of thing they have to do during the day. For instance, individuals don’t bother in learning how to spell anymore, they just rely on auto correct to spell for them. Having access to the internet makes students lazy and makes them learn less. People rely on the internet to do every little thing such as getting directions, and communicating with family. One can agree technology does make life easier, but it isn’t needed to do small
Human beings greatest technological accomplishment have brought progress, however this “progress” is not always positive. Nicholas Carr is a American writers who usually writes about the controversy of technology. Carr explains in his article “Is Google Making us Stupid” how as a writer he used the internet often. Now Carr believes he has lost his concentration while reading. In Carr’s words; his concentration starts to drift after reading two or three pages. Individuals who use an excessive amount of the internet will therefore result in getting easily distracted, becoming more relying and even affect the human mind.
Frequently when individuals use Google there could be many distractions and might even start to waste time. According to scholars from University College London, “Sometimes they 'd save a long article, but there 's no evidence that they ever went back and actually read it” (316). There are numerous of distractions on the internet that will cause an individual to not be able to benefit the information they have available. For instance, a student could be writing a …show more content…
Google isn 't only a great search engine, they have “Gmail”, “Google Maps”, and “Youtube”. Having all of these invention in a matter of a click away can make people lazy and less intelligent. The reason for this is because individuals are relying on technology to do simple things for them such as spell,wake them up, and remind them of thing they have to do during the day. For instance, individuals don’t bother in learning how to spell anymore, they just rely on auto correct to spell for them. Having access to the internet makes students lazy and makes them learn less. People rely on the internet to do every little thing such as getting directions, and communicating with family. One can agree technology does make life easier, but it isn’t needed to do small