S-T-U-P-I-D…
What’s that spell? Google? That’s right!
Blog number five asks us to talk about the article, “Is Google Making Us
Stupid? By Nicholas Carr.” We are
asked to take a side agreeing or kicking his idea to the curb. Do I think the Internet is hurting our
minds as individuals and as a group in today’s society?
What
has technology done in the past 20 years?
It has taken off like a rocket ship and does not look like it is coming
back any time soon. Is that a bad
thing? I think that it can be a
bad thing but also has many positive attributes. Bad: people are getting lazier and lazier as the technology
becomes increasingly easier to use.
Good: technology makes life
easier to find research or unknown information. It may sound like I am contradicting myself and I am. I agree with Nicholas Carr about how
the Internet is hurting our minds today, but to some extent. Do we become too dependent on the
Internet? I believe we do! Back in high school we only had a
certain amount of information on the computer. The teachers and administration wanted us to use books in
the library to find our research.
That forced us, the students, to physically search for your information.
Do
you think too much technology is a bad thing? According to Digital Silence they provide us with 7 bad
habits that technology places upon us.
‘There’s no question that technology has made our lives easier, faster,
and more innovative. But our plugged-in, hyper-connected existence has also
changed the way we interact and established all new codes of manners—and not
always for the better. The following are bad habits we can blame on the
gadgets and the online innovations we can’t live without’:
1.
Making Snap Judgments
2.
Dangerous Multi-Tasking
3.
Indulging in Narcissism
4.
Lacking Accountability
5.
Arriving Late
6.
Having Bad Posture
7.
Avoiding Real-Life Connections
I
feel we should try to avoid these several bad habits to create less stress in
our lives when dealing with technology.
I believe these habits directly correlate to how Nicholas Carr wanted us
to respond towards his article.
Digital Silence.
7 bad habits to blame on technology.
September 9, 2011. Retrieved from http://digitalsilence.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/7-bad-habits-to-blame-on-technology/
Although i am not entirely sure about the first two bad habits, but i do believe that the internet is a cause of the other five in your list. There ave been many times when I have encountered people who have these habits/traits. Although i did not think that google of all things was the issue before you brought it up.
ReplyDeleteIt makes sense though, bad posture and avoiding real-life connection from sitting in front of the computer all day, arriving late from loosing track of time, and lacking accountability from "well google said it was true so I must be right, and it is google's fault if i am wrong".
I think it's important that we bring up the idea of "dangerous multitasking". It can easily be said that we retain less information because we go the easy route to find it, but it's also true that we retain less information because we rarely are putting our full attention in it. I'll admit that I'll be looking something up for homework, but I'm also facebook chatting someone and listening to music. I think our desire to multitask is something that's really holding us back, and also something we really need to get a handle on.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you how Google has made access to information easier. I talked about that in my blog post for this week. The cons of using technology as you mentioned has made me wonder if I am using these habits myself. I am not aware and I am sure that many are not aware of how dangerous these habits are.
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