Friday, August 31, 2012

"Is Google Making Us Stupid"

In Nicholas Carr's article "Is Google Making Us Stupid" he mentions that it is very hard for him to concentrate when reading a regular book or article, becuase he is so used to the easy acces of information by using Google and other internet databases to give him the information the he needs at an instant.  Carr says that he loses focus after he reaches the second or third page of what he is reading, because he is so used to having that instant gratification factor.  I know what he is talking about, because when I go to read a long section in a book, especially one that I'm not interested in, I'm dreading reading those pages, and wish that I could just click on something to automatically tell me what happens.  Other people who were quoted in Carr's article have either completely given up reading books altogether, or  they can only read short passages of text at a time.  These people are putting the blame on their use of the internet.  When Nietzsche started losing his sight, he was introduced to the type-writer, and it changed his writing style.  So it was also thought, that our writing styles would changed based on what kind of equipment we were using, whether it was a type-writer, or pen.  In today's world you could say we change our writing styles based on whether we are texting or writing and english paper.

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