Technology Vs. Alloway: The Usage Of Technology

Nicholas Carr, What the Internet is doing to Our Brains The Shallows (2010) asserts that, “The price we pay to assume technology’s power is alienation.” He supports this assertion by saying, “They both ultimately achieve their mental and behavioral effects by shaping the synaptic organization of the brain.” Also by, “ We long to keep it activated.” The writer concludes in order for people to improve their thoughts, they will have to cope with the new technology and how they think.

Nowadays, the internet is the biggest marketing and media tool that people can use today. It can have various effects on people’s daily life ranging from bad to beneficial. In the essay “Is Google making us stupid” by Nicholas Carr writes about how internet usage in the 21st century is changing people’s reading habit and a cognitive concentration. Particularly, he emphasizes on Google’s role in this matter and its consequences on making people machine like. Carr also stated that the online reading largely contributes to people’s way of reading a book. He is extremely focused on the online reading’s distraction that most affects people’s mind.

In the essay, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr argues that utilization of the internet has an adverse effect on our way of thinking and functioning in everyday life. Whether it be reading a newspaper, or scrolling through Facebook, internet media has forever stamped its name in our existence.

The study showed “sophisticated algorithmic search engines, has made accessing information as easy as lifting a finger. No longer do we have to make costly efforts to find the things we want.” (Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips, Pg.) “The four studies found that when people are faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about computers.” (Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips Pg.) This is proving the point Socrates made in his quote “Writing down their thoughts and reading the thoughts of others had written down, they become less dependent on the contents of their own memory.” (The Shallows, Pg. 173). That the knowledge of the world at the fingertips of anyone and everyone. The fact that a keystroke will take give access to any information and no need to remember anything in long term

Genevieve Roberts, in his article, quotes that “[a] recent study...suggests 90 per cent of us are suffering from digital amnesia.” With a powerful tool like camera or in-built camera phones, we tend to capture moments in digital form which adversely affect our memory storage for that moment. We rely more and more on the pictures in digital form, whether it is on the Net or in phone. If we are simply accessing the information on the Net and using only part of what is thought to be relevant, then the knowledge is not being created. The contemplative thoughts are far from the realm of long term memory. Genevieve Roberts agree with Carr that “technology is making us shallower thinkers, multi-tasking, unable to digest speeches, even songs, perpetually flicking.” It is very easy to get a meaning of a word with one touch. We don’t flip through the pages of a thick dictionaries anymore, mostly, because of the time it requires. One could use search engines like, google, in the matter of seconds and can give a meaning along with

The book likes to challenge what we think is true and backs up its statement with sufficient research and evidence. Carr goes on a lot about how many of the technologies we use and including technologies from the past have molded us into how we think a certain way and act a certain way. Carr argues why everything we do is becoming much harder to focus on with all the distractions the internet has.

In his article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Nicholas Carr describes how the Internet affects human minds getting information. According to Carr, the more time people spend online, the harder time they have to struggle with concentration and contemplation. Carr illustrates how his mind has become more restless because of the internet. Currently, the access to information on the Internet is unlimited, and its consumption is increasing every day. Presenting different studies and scholars, Carrs supports his claim explaining how technology influences the way people write and read.

In this article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid" Nicholas Carr explains how the internet and technology in the society that we live in have many different effects. He also elucidates that the overuse of such technology is potentially very dangerous and could affect how someone 's mind can be manipulated and affect how their mind may function. On the other hand, Jamias Cascio states that "The focus of our technological transformation would be less on how someone adapts to the visible world, and more on how we as human beings adapt to the monumental amount of

Carr brings up many significant points that support his argument throughout the article such as the examples of himself, Bruce Friedman, and the study of the University College London to show that the way we think had been forever changed by the internet because we no longer have the ability to focus or concentrate. The author makes a strong point when he states a point from theorist Marshall McLuhan “media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought” (227). Carr continues his thought with the self observation that “And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take information the way

In a world that idolizes technological advancement, it is easy to rely on it for almost everything. We go to work and school online, we shop online, and we socialize online, amongst other things. We’ve even implemented technology into basic human necessities. Smoke detectors, alarm systems, and even ventilation systems can now be controlled with apps. However, I believe that digital technology is not something we should implement to that extent. Digital technology is fragile by nature. I believe that it is unwise to rely on it to power such a large swath of our belongings. Analog technology, like machinery and non-digital clocks, have a place in our lives, too.

Managing, the academic demands this semester while attending school, for myself has been great. However, balancing classes of course at times seems to have been very challenging. Reasonable management has been one of my biggest factors with a few of the classes I’ve taken. One class, this semester Phil 383T comforting the materials and topics discussed in class focusing on the different aspects of Technology, technology used in the past, today and later in the future has been great yet, at times challenging. Now this semester is about to come to an end, I’m come a long way, have had great progress to get to this point, so proud to say how happy I am to obtain the information I’ve obtained and read while attending class Phil 383T this semester. During, many discussions in class I have come to realize that technology for years as altered the way we think, influencing the way we think and live from day to day. Technology, has mentally shifted our brains to see and do things differently. In one sense, with the many discussions of technology in class discussions how technology has changed in so many ways. For the duration of, reading assignments partaking for the next class, as I read, many times my thoughts would get wedged trying

“It has become appallingly obvius that our technology has exceed our humanity” Albert Einstein. In all honesty, Technology has it pros and cons. Some folks could argue that todays technology has fabricated the world we know and love, and others might have strong disagreements. To much of a good thing can quickly become a bad thing and with technology rapidly expanding and becoming more user friendly; humanity has know become reliant on it. What it was to be social, has now become a thing of the past; and simple one on one interaction or communication is now handled through social media.

According to Merriam-Webster, technology is the application of scientific knowledge to other fields of inquiry in order to accomplish a task (“Technology”). Light bulbs, refrigerators, microwaves, and computers are all technology. However, this argument will be focused towards technology with self-luminous screens-computers, laptops, tablets, phones, etc. Self-luminous devices are common in everyday life and affect many spheres of life. One sphere affected is intelligence. Technology has a definite impact on intelligence; the impact is negative. Although technology improved human standard’s of life, technology is detrimental to intelligence because technology increases multitasking, technology creates

We all use it. Whether it is a text to your significant other, a hard work day on the job, a quick drive to the store, even something as simple as going to church, no matter where we are we always seem to be using technology. Technology is a growing issue with each passing day and even though there are positive effects it also has its negative side. It affects the things we do such as communication and playing, but most importantly affects our brain with our daily thought process. Today, Im going to inform you on how technology has affected you and your daily lifestyle habits.

Introduction: As a society of innovation the increase of technology is prevalent in everyday life. A study conducted by a web based research platform, Dscout, found that on average Americans touch their phones 2,617 times a day. 84% of American households contain at least one Smartphone, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in fall 2016. A surprisingly large portion of Americans own three or more Smartphone 's, the number reported was a 33%( Olmstead). 80% of households contain either a desktop computer or a laptop. 68% of households containing at least one tablet and 39% of households contain at least one streaming media device, such as an Apple TV( Olmstead). The prevalence of technology