The Hidden Emotions in the Logic of Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
In society, people tend to rely on their computers, smart phones, and other devices so much. Technology has rapidly increased since the beginning of the 2000s and accessing knowledge has never been easier. Information can be retrieved by a few clicks through a search bar on a flat screen. Many people today would say that search engines, such as Google, are saving time and energy. However, if this continues to happen, would these devices took over peoples’ very lives? In Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?,” he gives a disguised pathos filled argument through a dark tone, imagery, the factual evidence of professionals, and deductive logic to show his audience that …show more content…
He says how the information flows into peoples’ brains, just like water or a sea. He uses phrases such as “channels of information”, “in a swiftly moving stream of particles”, “sea of words”, and “sea change” (112). Information is always written in this style to show how heavy the influence it has, especially through the internet. Anyone can drive a few miles and find a body of water, just like how information is very accessible. Seas and large bodies of water can be so strong people drown in them, which is like how people lose themselves in shows, movies, and even just browsing on the internet. With this metaphor of comparing information to stormy seas, Carr shows his audience the negative effects of information. Anyone can drive a few miles and find a body of water. Information is so accessible that it can consume anyone. Many people drown their time in looking up shows, movies, places when surfing the internet. At the same time, however, information can be so dense that people do not want to tire themselves trying to decipher huge amounts of knowledge. Since the world is moving at a fast pace, people are satisfied just knowing the main idea. “We tend to become ‘ “mere decoders of information” ’ (113). People will not be truly understanding the …show more content…
He gives a foreshadowing of the dark future to come, pushes the readers’ emotions to a whole new level, hits them with the cold, hard evidence, and once again, brings back the dark future to come. This in return, makes people think twice about how much time they spend on the internet. Even though it has made some positive impacts in everyday life, Carr provides ample evidence to show his readers the many negative effects of the search engine. His use of dark tone, imagery, and professional evidence makes readers change the possible, dark
In society, people tend to rely on their computers, smart phones, and other devices so much. Technology has rapidly increased since the beginning of the 2000s and accessing knowledge has never been easier. Information can be retrieved by a few clicks through a search bar on a flat screen. Many people today would say that search engines, such as Google, are saving time and energy. However, if this continues to happen, would these devices took over peoples’ very lives? In Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?,” he gives a disguised pathos filled argument through a dark tone, imagery, the factual evidence of professionals, and deductive logic to show his audience that …show more content…
He says how the information flows into peoples’ brains, just like water or a sea. He uses phrases such as “channels of information”, “in a swiftly moving stream of particles”, “sea of words”, and “sea change” (112). Information is always written in this style to show how heavy the influence it has, especially through the internet. Anyone can drive a few miles and find a body of water, just like how information is very accessible. Seas and large bodies of water can be so strong people drown in them, which is like how people lose themselves in shows, movies, and even just browsing on the internet. With this metaphor of comparing information to stormy seas, Carr shows his audience the negative effects of information. Anyone can drive a few miles and find a body of water. Information is so accessible that it can consume anyone. Many people drown their time in looking up shows, movies, places when surfing the internet. At the same time, however, information can be so dense that people do not want to tire themselves trying to decipher huge amounts of knowledge. Since the world is moving at a fast pace, people are satisfied just knowing the main idea. “We tend to become ‘ “mere decoders of information” ’ (113). People will not be truly understanding the …show more content…
He gives a foreshadowing of the dark future to come, pushes the readers’ emotions to a whole new level, hits them with the cold, hard evidence, and once again, brings back the dark future to come. This in return, makes people think twice about how much time they spend on the internet. Even though it has made some positive impacts in everyday life, Carr provides ample evidence to show his readers the many negative effects of the search engine. His use of dark tone, imagery, and professional evidence makes readers change the possible, dark