Technology is changing our lives and whether we like it or not we find ourselves having to go along with it. Writers, readers, composers, researchers and so on need to find a way to adapt to the change that comes with what we call “The Technology Era”. As always there will be two sides to any change; the one that will agree with it and open their arms to it, and a second that will forever talk about how great times used to be when things were done the only way they know to do things because they do not like change or cannot adapt to new.
Nicholas Carr (2008) states “I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get …show more content…
As a writer, he finds the Web a valuable tool, but he thinks it's having a bad effect on his concentration. He says "Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski."
As a supporter of technology and a member in the field for the past 10 years, I've heard similar warnings for years. Certainly, most of the people reading this article will believe that Carr has hit the nail on the head. There is no doubt that our habits are changing: The Web has seized our undivided attention and is now the default starting point for almost all work. Unlike the Web printed books have contained the essential facts of humanity for half a millennium. The Web is where we look for knowledge that most of the time exists not in final, commanding, single- author text blocks but in the collective of wisdom from many sources.
Popkin argues that the Internet has made us uncivilized. She argues that people are
Nicholas Carr (2008) states “I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get …show more content…
As a writer, he finds the Web a valuable tool, but he thinks it's having a bad effect on his concentration. He says "Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski."
As a supporter of technology and a member in the field for the past 10 years, I've heard similar warnings for years. Certainly, most of the people reading this article will believe that Carr has hit the nail on the head. There is no doubt that our habits are changing: The Web has seized our undivided attention and is now the default starting point for almost all work. Unlike the Web printed books have contained the essential facts of humanity for half a millennium. The Web is where we look for knowledge that most of the time exists not in final, commanding, single- author text blocks but in the collective of wisdom from many sources.
Popkin argues that the Internet has made us uncivilized. She argues that people are