Mrs. Jardine's podcast really didn't change my stance on the issue that Carr had brought up in his article last week. But, this is mainly because of personal preferences. Jardine mentioned the idea of "too many books, too little time"; as in, we get a sense of total overwhelment when attempting to retrieve all of our information through books.
I think that's a lazy standpoint. There is NO such thing as too many books. I can understand how it can be overwhelming; you walk into an old library with giant dusty volumes on shelves reaching the ceiling, yeah. You can freak out and wonder where to start. But then you get over it and you dive right in because those giant dusty volumes hold the most amazing things and living in a huge mansion with stacks of books everywhere would be incredible.
To turn to technology just because there are too many books and too much information and we don't have the capacity to store it all in our brains is ridiculous, in my opinion. The reason we use technology is because of convenience. So that we don't have to spend hours pouring over books looking for that perfect quote for your research paper.
Get over it. We must realise that technology is a beautiful thing, yes. Its great, and it makes our lives easier and the world run a little more smoothly. But it should not give us an excuse to be lazy. Use it, take advantage of it, but always know that there is more that you can do. It's not so hard to just open a book. So just do it.
Also, Jardine's little reference to Harry Potter was completely inaccurate. Not only does Harry's story begin in the early '90's, no muggle technology works around magic. Duh.
I bet she just got her Harry Potter information off of the internet and didn't bother reading the book. Just goes to show.
"A Point of View: Why Didn't Harry Potter Just Use Google?" BBC News. BBC, 01 June 2012. Web. 02 Oct. 2012. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16443825>.
I completely agree with you. There isn't a such thing as too many books and that is an excuse for people to be lazy. Yes, sometimes looking through books can be extremely time consuming but books are better sources than the internet is. I do believe that people are just lazy and technology is everyone's excuse to be lazy. I also agree that saying there is too much information and our brains do not have the capacity to remember things is ridiculous. Even though there is so much information out there all that information is not meant to be remembered. People are unable to remember everything they see, hear, or read. To try to blame that on technology is also ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I agree, I AHHH-gree, Miss. Casey. "The reason we use technology is because of convenience,"<--I agree with that statement. And you're right, we use technology because we're lazy and technology is the reason we become lazy with other things I feel. Instead of finding all the information, we only look up a quarter of it--which is horrible because why have a slice when you can have a whole? Doesn't that support you even more? This class has made me very concerned for the next generations to come....like what is going to happen next? Are we going to turn into robots and have google built into us?
ReplyDeleteVery true, although when i first had to look through a library full of books wit was very overwhelming but I soon got over it and it was at that point that I realized what a well of knowledge books truly are. I do think however that people are turning to the internet more often then not because it is easier to find general information about a topic on the internet, whereas books provide a move detailed looks at a specific topic.
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