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Dr. John Glenn
ENC 1102
02/03/2015
Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet uses.
Does the internet rewire our brain? This is an article written by Tom Stafford: a lecturer in psychology and cognitive sciences for the department of psychology. Published in April 2012 by Neurohacks, this article comes to oppose in certain way “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. In this article, Stafford is most concerned about the impact of internet to our brain. Since everything we do is related to our brain, his overall message is that even if the internet is affecting our brain in a different way, there is little evidence to suggest any harm.
For Nicholas Carr, what the internet is doing to our brain is reducing …show more content…
Since our brain is part of all our actions, every little thought like thinking about going to school for example or an action like using our phone affect our brain. He used the example of Socrates who in the Ancient Greece worried about the effect of writing, saying that it would erode young people ability to remember. Next, Stafford stated that “the majority of internet use is either information search or communication, using email and social media.” For him, the internet would then affect our brain so we are better at doing these things that are part of cultural changes which involves getting us better and better at dealing with abstract information. Finally, Stafford argued that there is no extra risk from using internet as a compliment (not a substitute) to others ways of communications. In here, we understand that, internet should be considering as a threat if we use it( and this is continuously) for other life skills other than what is what create for such as playing video …show more content…
The bran is a muscle so it needs exercise like any other muscle: this is a reflection. It’s true that everything we do affect our minds, even drinking a cup of coffee, but I think internet uses affect it in a worse way. Let’s take an example of a teenager who uses internet for all his or her needs like research, social media, and games. By playing game, the teen can become addicted to it; and since we use internet to do our research we are less focus on reading books. After all, why should I have a hard-copy of a book, and try to read it if I can easily go on google and find the Audio version of that book, put it on my phone and listen to it like music? I’m pretty sure that by doing so, I would have saved a great deal of time comparing to my grandfather who will rather sit down by the window and read the book. But the fact is that I would miss some details that he wouldn’t and I may have earache. Addiction to video game and making internet use our principal activity are some limitations to what Stafford wrote. The brain is a muscle correct, it needs exercise correct. But my question is what kind of exercise is important to our brain? Internet gives us so many opportunities that we are tempt (if not yet) to use it as our primary source of
Dr. John Glenn
ENC 1102
02/03/2015
Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet uses.
Does the internet rewire our brain? This is an article written by Tom Stafford: a lecturer in psychology and cognitive sciences for the department of psychology. Published in April 2012 by Neurohacks, this article comes to oppose in certain way “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. In this article, Stafford is most concerned about the impact of internet to our brain. Since everything we do is related to our brain, his overall message is that even if the internet is affecting our brain in a different way, there is little evidence to suggest any harm.
For Nicholas Carr, what the internet is doing to our brain is reducing …show more content…
Since our brain is part of all our actions, every little thought like thinking about going to school for example or an action like using our phone affect our brain. He used the example of Socrates who in the Ancient Greece worried about the effect of writing, saying that it would erode young people ability to remember. Next, Stafford stated that “the majority of internet use is either information search or communication, using email and social media.” For him, the internet would then affect our brain so we are better at doing these things that are part of cultural changes which involves getting us better and better at dealing with abstract information. Finally, Stafford argued that there is no extra risk from using internet as a compliment (not a substitute) to others ways of communications. In here, we understand that, internet should be considering as a threat if we use it( and this is continuously) for other life skills other than what is what create for such as playing video …show more content…
The bran is a muscle so it needs exercise like any other muscle: this is a reflection. It’s true that everything we do affect our minds, even drinking a cup of coffee, but I think internet uses affect it in a worse way. Let’s take an example of a teenager who uses internet for all his or her needs like research, social media, and games. By playing game, the teen can become addicted to it; and since we use internet to do our research we are less focus on reading books. After all, why should I have a hard-copy of a book, and try to read it if I can easily go on google and find the Audio version of that book, put it on my phone and listen to it like music? I’m pretty sure that by doing so, I would have saved a great deal of time comparing to my grandfather who will rather sit down by the window and read the book. But the fact is that I would miss some details that he wouldn’t and I may have earache. Addiction to video game and making internet use our principal activity are some limitations to what Stafford wrote. The brain is a muscle correct, it needs exercise correct. But my question is what kind of exercise is important to our brain? Internet gives us so many opportunities that we are tempt (if not yet) to use it as our primary source of