“Is google making us stupid?” asked the technology writer Nicholas Carr in one of his articles. Since the mid-1980s, when people started to use computers at their homes, the debate of whether computers are making people smarter stupid or started become popular in society. In addition, with the internet becoming publicly available starting 1991, the debate of this topic had significantly risen over time. Following that time period, websites such as AOL, Hotmail, or Netscape for emails and Yahoo, Lycos, or AltaVista for search were rising through the internet until the foundation of Google in 1998 which becoming the dominant search website today. With the rise of these websites, the debate over the effects that the internet could have on people
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The internet displays its information in a way that can easily grab the viewer’s attention. Such attention grabber are the use of hyperlinks or bold letter words that are linked to related topics on of that page and another page which can get a viewer lost in its whirl of information for hours navigating between pages. Also, the internet accommodates its viewers with their everyday activity needs through its system in many different ways. For example, the internet provides its viewers with a large amount of entertainment without even moving from where they are. People can listen to their favorite songs and watch different movies right in their beds, where before they had to go to a store and buy what they need. People can deliver their lunch or dinner as well as shop for other needs right from through the internet instead of actually going and buying them. Moreover, one can check the weather outside without even going outside or opening a window to check the weather or even visit one’s grandparents or friends through the internet without physically paying them a visit. The daily activities that were all done physically before the internet seem minor but are in reality significantly decreasing people physical activity and …show more content…
Google, most of the time, presents the main points of a topic unless otherwise asked by the viewer. It is very rare to find a lengthy explanation of a question or topic asked on Google. Being easier and quicker than looking up an answer in a textbook, people tend to look up answer for their questions in this way to quickly write is down and move on which in most cases results in losing that information. Unlike looking up an answer on the internet, those who look up a question in a textbook are getting a well thought out explanation of the question which can help them better understand the topic and memorize it. Having all the information the people might need always available, their tendency to memorize or recall that information will
The internet displays its information in a way that can easily grab the viewer’s attention. Such attention grabber are the use of hyperlinks or bold letter words that are linked to related topics on of that page and another page which can get a viewer lost in its whirl of information for hours navigating between pages. Also, the internet accommodates its viewers with their everyday activity needs through its system in many different ways. For example, the internet provides its viewers with a large amount of entertainment without even moving from where they are. People can listen to their favorite songs and watch different movies right in their beds, where before they had to go to a store and buy what they need. People can deliver their lunch or dinner as well as shop for other needs right from through the internet instead of actually going and buying them. Moreover, one can check the weather outside without even going outside or opening a window to check the weather or even visit one’s grandparents or friends through the internet without physically paying them a visit. The daily activities that were all done physically before the internet seem minor but are in reality significantly decreasing people physical activity and …show more content…
Google, most of the time, presents the main points of a topic unless otherwise asked by the viewer. It is very rare to find a lengthy explanation of a question or topic asked on Google. Being easier and quicker than looking up an answer in a textbook, people tend to look up answer for their questions in this way to quickly write is down and move on which in most cases results in losing that information. Unlike looking up an answer on the internet, those who look up a question in a textbook are getting a well thought out explanation of the question which can help them better understand the topic and memorize it. Having all the information the people might need always available, their tendency to memorize or recall that information will