Over 40,000 searched questions are processed by Google every second which leads to 3.5 billion searches daily worldwide. In 1998 4th September Larry and Sergery invented Google. They invented this international company while pursuing PHD in computer science at Stanford University. Their aim was to offer services and product, which was related to the Internet for example computer programs, software, local computing and advertising online. The information accessed through Google is important in the current world as it assist us to become more knowledgeable. This is because our surroundings have evolved, and we cannot depend on detailed information of the surroundings. This creates the urge of becoming smarter which in turn enables us to understand
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In his book he has done an impeccable job by pinpointing several ancient worryguts who misunderstood the whole point of advancing technology. This prompts the readers to take his work lightly. He gave the illustration of a German writer Nietzsche who learned to touch type using a Ball typewriter due to his old age where he got blind hence could not write using a pen. This eventually changed Nietzsche style of writing from opinions to puns. This raised the question as to why his style changed, was it due to technology advancements or his physical disorder. This brings us back to the information we access from Google as Nicholas worries that nowadays people are dumber and cannot focus on reading lengthy articles. This notion is wrong as people have got a new platform where they can get information in form of short articles (Maureer 45). This differs from the ancient days where someone had to gather lots of information to produce quality …show more content…
He is presumably correct to say that a huge percentage of the population are using nearly every information they acquire from Google which leads to them getting many ideas, which misleads them hence missing the main point (Hooper 50). However, he is imprecise by presenting the issue as a common, technological and social crisis, which exceeds individual control. He goes ahead to put the blame on the programmers and relies on social psychologists to give remedies. It is incorrect to blame computer programmers of companies like Google for the lack of people to think critically. Nicholas does not get the concept of the problem which is why he is making wrong conclusions. The failure to think hard is a personal issue, which should be handled at a personal
In his book he has done an impeccable job by pinpointing several ancient worryguts who misunderstood the whole point of advancing technology. This prompts the readers to take his work lightly. He gave the illustration of a German writer Nietzsche who learned to touch type using a Ball typewriter due to his old age where he got blind hence could not write using a pen. This eventually changed Nietzsche style of writing from opinions to puns. This raised the question as to why his style changed, was it due to technology advancements or his physical disorder. This brings us back to the information we access from Google as Nicholas worries that nowadays people are dumber and cannot focus on reading lengthy articles. This notion is wrong as people have got a new platform where they can get information in form of short articles (Maureer 45). This differs from the ancient days where someone had to gather lots of information to produce quality …show more content…
He is presumably correct to say that a huge percentage of the population are using nearly every information they acquire from Google which leads to them getting many ideas, which misleads them hence missing the main point (Hooper 50). However, he is imprecise by presenting the issue as a common, technological and social crisis, which exceeds individual control. He goes ahead to put the blame on the programmers and relies on social psychologists to give remedies. It is incorrect to blame computer programmers of companies like Google for the lack of people to think critically. Nicholas does not get the concept of the problem which is why he is making wrong conclusions. The failure to think hard is a personal issue, which should be handled at a personal