Analyzing Articles
“The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing” (Carr, 511). In “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” Nicholas Carr talks about how the Internet has changed our way of thinking and comprehending information. He argues that while the Internet is nice to have as a reference it is taking a toll on our brains. Carr effectively convinces the reader that the Internet is affecting the human brain and its cognitive ability by using references, providing relatable examples, and making comparisons with similar historic patterns.
Carr does a great job using different references within his article. For instance, the author quotes the founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, directly making a case that the goal for their engine is to basically improve the human brain. “Certainly if you had all the world’s information directly attached to your brain, or an artificial brain that was smarter than your brain, you’d be better off” (Carr, 514). This quote that …show more content…
When adding in the quotes from other writers it showed me that there are more writers out there that believe in this than just him. Even though he could have just said that other authors and writers believed that the internet and Google were making us stupid he goes into detail by adding in their quotes and thoughts that they have written about themselves. “Bruce Friedman, who blogs regularly about the use of computers in medicine, also has described how the Internet has altered his mental habits. “I now have almost totally lost the ability to read and absorb a longish article on the web or in print”, he wrote earlier this year” (Carr, 511). Having these quotes and references in his article solidified it for me, being that it was something that not only Carr was thinking but also other writers and authors as
“The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing” (Carr, 511). In “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” Nicholas Carr talks about how the Internet has changed our way of thinking and comprehending information. He argues that while the Internet is nice to have as a reference it is taking a toll on our brains. Carr effectively convinces the reader that the Internet is affecting the human brain and its cognitive ability by using references, providing relatable examples, and making comparisons with similar historic patterns.
Carr does a great job using different references within his article. For instance, the author quotes the founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, directly making a case that the goal for their engine is to basically improve the human brain. “Certainly if you had all the world’s information directly attached to your brain, or an artificial brain that was smarter than your brain, you’d be better off” (Carr, 514). This quote that …show more content…
When adding in the quotes from other writers it showed me that there are more writers out there that believe in this than just him. Even though he could have just said that other authors and writers believed that the internet and Google were making us stupid he goes into detail by adding in their quotes and thoughts that they have written about themselves. “Bruce Friedman, who blogs regularly about the use of computers in medicine, also has described how the Internet has altered his mental habits. “I now have almost totally lost the ability to read and absorb a longish article on the web or in print”, he wrote earlier this year” (Carr, 511). Having these quotes and references in his article solidified it for me, being that it was something that not only Carr was thinking but also other writers and authors as