Analysis Of The Article 'Is Google Making USupid'

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“Is Google Making Us Stupid” Article Analysis Google is basically everywhere in our lives, we tend to not notice the fact that we are on our electronics for more than half the day. We are in the information age and electronics are essential in our lives to keep our days going. The article states that Google is affecting our state of minds and making it something less than normal. With technology in the reach of our hands everything changed from what it was, people tend to be lazy now these days and just search up anything, even for the simplest of things that we tend to know already. This activity doesn’t apply all the knowledge that should be known since we think we have all the answers in our hands whenever they are needed. Electronic devices, including the sources we use to find our information, stimulates our brain by learning and getting information in different ways. Carr states in this article that using the Internet reduces our ability to concentrate when reading. This is debatable, it all depends on one’s preference, if it would be an electronic device or a book that is actually being used. I’d say, from my experiences, that reading online tends to be relatively more distracting than an actual physical copy of something that you are reading. For example, on the Internet, it is …show more content…

I know this because of past experiences I have had with work from school. Reading a printed book may be boring but it tends to help more by keeping you on track of the information. Books have their own advantages and disadvantages, from needing to carry piles of books rather than just one device, also the entertainment level could be not as impressive since it has nothing else other than text and sometimes images. This helped me keep my concentration on the book, but it tends to be boring most of the times. There are different types of texts that we all react differently

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