The Artificial Human There is a situation that most humans have encountered. People can be in public hoping and praying for a text or a notification on social media, but cringe at the idea of another person sitting next to them on public transportation and possibly striking a conversation. This is an example of the five-foot circumference that most Americans have created that they like to call “personal space”. There once was a time when people craved social interactions and face-to-face communication. Before people got hooked onto machines, people lived in the moment and experienced life first hand. In Nicholas Carr’s essay, “Cyberspace: The Biggest Migration in Human History” taken from his book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing
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Using imagery, Carr’s mission is to paint a tranquil picture in the reader’s head and compare it to one of a crowded city street. Carr’s goal is to persuade the reader that nature improves brain function as opposed to the business of a crowded street. Likewise, the Internet is a space with constant noise and distractions that do not allow the brain to be at ease. Because cellphones are filled with rings and notifications and texts, the brain is never able to fully relax, therefore it is never able to unwind and rid the exhaustion. These ideas become recurring themes throughout the essay as Carr consistently alludes to the themes of nature vs. crowded streets and by relation, peace vs. the Internet. By comparison, a psychological study that Carr drew upon revealed that people in quiet, secluded areas have better cognitive function, as opposed to noisy city areas (Bullock 96). The author used credible evidence from a 2008 study published in Psychological Science. A group of psychologists randomly selected a group of people and put them in an experimental group and a controlled group. Both of the groups were put through a test to measure their attentiveness and overall brain function, which was then followed by the experimental group walking through a busy street and the controlled group relaxing in a secluded area. Both of the groups then took the test a second time and …show more content…
Carr’s essay proves that technology distracts the brain and as a result it diminishes many skills like the ability to keep memories, hold attention, and think critically. A brain that is consumed with the Internet becomes chaotic and is comparable to a busy street that is on the receiving end of constant honking and traffic noises. There is no place for peace and quiet on the Internet, according to Carr’s opinion. By relation, a chaotic brain is also unable to feel high levels of emotion that are derived from a compassionate place, resulting in humans losing their essence and the ability that sets them apart from the rest. Nicholas Carr is a highly regarded author of four extremely successful books including, The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing Us, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, The Big Switch, and Does IT Matter, one of which was a New York Times bestseller and a 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist (“A writer of books, essays and ephemera”). Carr predominantly focuses on culture and how technology is linked to society and has many respected articles in major journals, which makes Carr a highly credible source about technology and human behavior. Carr’s recurring themes in his essay brought his point across because of the consistency that was created. The themes that car went back and forth with were peace and the busy
Using imagery, Carr’s mission is to paint a tranquil picture in the reader’s head and compare it to one of a crowded city street. Carr’s goal is to persuade the reader that nature improves brain function as opposed to the business of a crowded street. Likewise, the Internet is a space with constant noise and distractions that do not allow the brain to be at ease. Because cellphones are filled with rings and notifications and texts, the brain is never able to fully relax, therefore it is never able to unwind and rid the exhaustion. These ideas become recurring themes throughout the essay as Carr consistently alludes to the themes of nature vs. crowded streets and by relation, peace vs. the Internet. By comparison, a psychological study that Carr drew upon revealed that people in quiet, secluded areas have better cognitive function, as opposed to noisy city areas (Bullock 96). The author used credible evidence from a 2008 study published in Psychological Science. A group of psychologists randomly selected a group of people and put them in an experimental group and a controlled group. Both of the groups were put through a test to measure their attentiveness and overall brain function, which was then followed by the experimental group walking through a busy street and the controlled group relaxing in a secluded area. Both of the groups then took the test a second time and …show more content…
Carr’s essay proves that technology distracts the brain and as a result it diminishes many skills like the ability to keep memories, hold attention, and think critically. A brain that is consumed with the Internet becomes chaotic and is comparable to a busy street that is on the receiving end of constant honking and traffic noises. There is no place for peace and quiet on the Internet, according to Carr’s opinion. By relation, a chaotic brain is also unable to feel high levels of emotion that are derived from a compassionate place, resulting in humans losing their essence and the ability that sets them apart from the rest. Nicholas Carr is a highly regarded author of four extremely successful books including, The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing Us, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, The Big Switch, and Does IT Matter, one of which was a New York Times bestseller and a 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist (“A writer of books, essays and ephemera”). Carr predominantly focuses on culture and how technology is linked to society and has many respected articles in major journals, which makes Carr a highly credible source about technology and human behavior. Carr’s recurring themes in his essay brought his point across because of the consistency that was created. The themes that car went back and forth with were peace and the busy