The advent of dynamites was an innovation. The dynamites were regarded as the best means for mining until it turned out to be the best tools for genocides. An emergence of trams was a tragedy. The trams were dismissed as a thing of life-threatening till it turned out to be one of the most convenient transportations. Often times, inventions of the century are evaluated differently as time goes by. The internet is not an exception. Unlike the times when the internet had been upheld as a fruit of the superb creativity, now is different. Some people pinpoint several side effects of the internet, arguing the internet has made the people dumber. However, such negativity must be another tentative assessment toward the internet with time. In my opinion, the internet makes people even smarter on account of three aspects; of human relationships, of education, and of insights.
To begin with, the internet makes people smarter in terms of human relationships. The word ‘smartness’ can be defined as an ability to improve current situation in a preferable way. In this context, meaning of smartness is not confined to an intellectual aspect, but includes that of human relations as well. In other words, capacity to enhance one’s relationships with others can be referred to as being smart. Therefore, the internet which enables people to advance their relations with consistency and through transcending time and space limits does make people smarter. For example, in the society where time equals money, people are engrossed in tasks that are productive physically and financially. As a result, interactions with others have been laid aside. However, the internet allows people to keep in touch with others steadily. Through Facebook or Twitter, c...
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...ovides the information not limited to general facts and effects but covers stances of other countries as well. While Koreans resent about the FTA with the US, they will be able to find positive results from the agreement as well when reading the news or papers written by scholars in the US. In short, the internet is a means to provide various and in-depth information. Thus, people can extend their points of view, which can be referred to as becoming smarter.
In conclusion, I believe the internet makes the people smarter considering its role as connecting people, improving the quality of education and broadening the perspectives. Nothing can be perfect. Fears from probable negative results cannot be a reasonable ground for opposing the internet. With practical countermeasures, the internet as a catalyst for enhancing people’s smartness is not difficult to imagine.
... access to it from various forms of media. Instead of demolishing our ability to read and learn, the internet aids us by giving us rapid information that would otherwise take days of research through books to attain. Therefore, the internet should not be viewed as the cause for our lack of intelligence, but rather the reason for our vast knowledge. Technology has revolutionized our learning and will continue to serve as the prime tool in our education.
Some, like Donald Morrison, a former editor of TIME Magazine, say that they have never felt smarter. “Just as we survived the advent of the telephone, radio, and television—which experts back then warned would fry our brains—the Internet may actually be making us smarter” (Morrison). They argue that even though the Internet may shorten memory and attention span, it allows us to do things that were never possible before the Internet. Also, while there is evidence that finding information on the Internet makes people less likely to remember it, it is not the only situation in which this effect is the case. It has been found that when people work in groups they are also less likely to remember straight facts (Bell). We do not necessarily need to have extensive memory of trivial facts anymore because, with the Internet, we can go to Google and find any answer we need and more in
Advancements in technology have strived to make life easier for so many people. In most cases, the advancements have achieved its goal, but in the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr questions if the improvements in society have unintentionally hindered our thought process overall. Carr begins the article by providing personal instances when his concentration seemed to diminish due to the internet. He explains how he now loses interest when reading lengthy portions, his mind just can’t seem to remain connected to his readings. He then proceeds to talk about how today’s life is surrounded by the internet, and explains the pros and cons of it. The negative side of it is that his mind now wonders off when seeking information from
Humans are becoming more technologically-efficient every day. New inventions and innovations are constantly being made. The Internet is becoming more “reliable” every day. However, how much do we really get from the constant advancement of Internet use and smarter technology? Should we look at their contributions to the world as a benefactor or a curse? The common effect of “artificial intelligence” in the technology we use every day is examined by two brilliant authors, Nicholas Carr and Jamias Cascio. In Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, he explains the effects of the Internet and technology in our society and claims that the overuse of technology is dangerous and can affect how our mind operates. Jamias Cascio, on the other hand, uses his article “Get Smarter” to show the positive effects of technology in our constantly adaptive society claims that technology may just be making our society smarter and more efficient. While Carr and Cascio both use the claim of cause in their articles to provide valid points on how technology affects our society, Carr’s article proves to be more effective because it focuses on skeptical-based evidence and uses a variety of appeals and proofs.
Carr not only wonders if the Internet and Google is causing individuals to become less intelligent therefore hindering our ability to think critically but also if artificial intelligence is positive or negative. Carr is rather unsuccessful in providing evidence as to whether or not the Internet is tapering our critical thinking, however, he does in fact open up the minds of his readers and forces them to assess their own experiences with the Internet and other technologies and how their critical thinking patterns are
This essay is very convincing to how Google and the Internet in general are changing the framework of our minds. He states that, “My mind isn’t going- so far as I can tell- but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think.” (370) Carr continues to go on about how it’s harder for him to concentrate when reading, catching himself wondering only after a few pages. The web has become a “universal medium, the conduit for most of the information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my mind.” Marshall McLuhan stated, “Media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation.” Throughout Carr’s essay you will read many different stories, and research projects stating that they notice a change within their minds. That there framework is changing for the worse. I can relate to Carr’s experience with reading. I once was able to read without any worries, continuing from page to page without anything stopping me. Now I have to concentrate harder, focusing and reading each page more carefully because my concentration and contemplation is becoming weaker.
The internet damages us, people have lost their ability to read full articles and don’t fully understand what they read and because of this,our natural intelligence will never be the same with the internet around, thinking for us.
The Internet gives us a seemingly endless supply of resources; we can search for information, communicate with others, or use it for our own personal work or pleasure. The Internet connects us to the rest of the evolving world, in all different countries around the world. With the ability to seek information on the Internet, we can gain knowledge about an endless supply of topics. For example, if someone wanted to learn how to plant a tree they can simply navigate to Google and type in “how to plant a tree.” Furthermore, thousands of pages will appear with step by step instructions demonstrating the process of planting a tree. This knowledge has made our society smarter because we can figure things out on our own, but at the same time save money; we do not have to pay someone else to tell us how to plant a tree. It can really benefit students in school because it allows u...
I must say that the internet has also strengthened intelligent thought in a way previously impossible. What Google has done? It continues to improve the ways to handle information, performing countless of improvements on the original search engines to provide information at our fingertips, contextually arranged and relevant to our current times. Google and other technologies truly have enabled the free exchange of ideas, opinions, concepts and the experiences of our shared humanity. It has turned our individual communities into one big global community. The transformative effects of the internet, sometimes organized by Google promote a huge step forward for future generations. This global phenomenon we called Internet has a way to match our natural ways of acquiring information, all enhanced learning and current times shows clear evidence that more people talk to each other, reading each other's work, writing to each other, sharing information, and creating and sharing their lives and work via the internet, as individuals or as
In the article “Does The Internet Make you Smarter?” the author, Clay Shirky is an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He states his argument about whether or not the internet is making society smarter and whether it enhances the success individuals achieve in life. To do this, he uses surveys as evidence and his past experiences on the effects of internet on society to persuade his audience to show his credibility. His main idea of the article was explaining to his readers that the internet is indeed making society more intelligent. He provides the audience with many contrasting points on how the media is making us smarter as a society,
According to www.telegraph.co.uk, “[y]oung people aged between 16 and 24 spend more than 27 hours a week on the internet.” Certainly this much internet usage would have an effect on someone. What exactly is the effect of using the internet too much? Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” argues that we are too reliant on the internet and it is making the us dim-witted and shortens our attention span. While Clive Thompson’s article “Smarter than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better” states that technology is not only a collection of knowledge, it also a method of sharing and recording our own knowledge. I fall between both Carr and Thompson. I agree with car on his points of us being too reliant on the internet but disagree when he states that it is making us less intelligent. Meanwhile, I also support Thompson’s statement that the internet allows us to assimilate vast amounts of knowledge but disagree with his opinion on how we should be reliant on
Although the Internet is very helpful and has created many technological advances, we as humans are not created to function like a computer. Our minds require deep thought, human interaction, and thorough knowledge of things so we can remember and fully understand concepts. The Internet in itself is a very helpful tool. The advances that have fallowed are truly amazing, along with vast array of information available. Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is very flawed and does not provided adequate resources to back up his claims. That being said, Carr points out things that might otherwise have been looked over and accepted as normal. His question is sincere, thought provoking, and one we all should be asking ourselves before its too late.
Thesis Statement: Research suggests that the internet does make children smarter because it allows children to have higher self confidence, build fine motor and cognitive skills, increase visual memory, and use trial and error to problem solve on their own.
In conclusion, the Internet has built up our society, but it could also tear it down with a major Internet black out. The Internet offers great opportunities for technological advancement. It has created a new way of personal, social, and business interactions. I believe the Internet was one of the best creations of time and I cannot wait to see what is in store for the future of the Internet and its relationship with human kind.
The Internet has made access to information easier. Information is stored efficiently and organized on the Internet. For example, instead of going to our local library, we can use Internet search engines. Simply by doing a search, we get thousands of results. The search engines use a ranking system to help us retrieve the most pertinent results in top order. Just a simple click and we have our information. Therefore, we can learn about anything, immediately. In a matter of moments, we can become an expert.