Monday, April 13, 2015

Is Google making us stupid? By Nicholas Carr synthesized summary.




This picture here I believe defines this title of Carr's essay. 
His title and question : " Is google making us stupid?"
Take a look at this image above and then ask yourself are we really asking a computer, internet resource, a.k.a google for answers?
In his essay Carr talks about Scott Karps blog. 
Karp's posts online writes, " What if I do all my reading on the Web not so much because the way I read has changed, I'm just seeking convenience, but because the way
I think has changed."

When I read this, the blurry sheet over my mind and eyes that clouded my understanding was removed. 
I understand where Scott Karp is coming from. 
I was a bit confused to where Carr was going but reading his supported statements and facts to his title, "Is google making us stupid?"
I think has changed, the way we as a society think has changed because we depend so much on this search engine it defines who we have become.
Before we "googled" everything , we searched and found out for ourselves by putting in work and finding the answers independently. 
And now we are simply in the palms of Google's hands.


"Is Google Making Us Stupid?" by Nicholas Carr  (pp. 91- 101 in 50 E)




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