Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stoopid?” discusses how new technology, both in the past and the present, is causing and has caused people to think differently. Carr is very negative about the effects of new technology throughout the article. Carr uses a lot of personal information to try to make his point; it was both helpful and hurtful.
Carr starts the article talking about how in the past few years his ability to concentrate and contemplate had gotten worse and worse and he blames technology for his problems. By have this at the beginning, the article has a good hook to get the reader to want to continue to read the article. This helps Carr’s point because it supports his point. There is also a downside to his use of personal information.
Carr starts the article talking about how in the past few years his ability to concentrate and contemplate had gotten worse and worse and he blames technology for his problems. By have this at the beginning, the article has a good hook to get the reader to want to continue to read the article. This helps Carr’s point because it supports his point. There is also a downside to his use of personal information.