Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Is Google making us stupid?

I do agree with Carr in a way that Google is making us stupid, but I feel that Google is just re-training our brains in a much lazier way. He says that, "The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing. Some of the bloggers I follow have also begun mentioning the phenomenon." I do not fully agree with that statement because it is not fully the internet’s fault, because I have this issue every time I read. I have always had that fight to stay focused when reading and even when I was focused I still had trouble remembering what I had just read and it took a longer time for me to read. With the advancements in technology and the high speeds of the internet, now Google tries to "guess" what you are about to search, then it lists thousands of web links that pertain to what you have typed in. This just makes it easier to find what you looking for and eliminates the need to have to search through numerous amounts of books to find what you are looking for. Or if you do not know the answer to a question you can just type it into the Google search bar and after reading the short bit that is put under each link, along with bolded words that are related to your search, you can find a website that almost always will have what you are looking for. Google is just letting us not have to use our brains to think very hard or have to read lengthy books or articles to find an answer. Therefore, our brains get used to being lazy and people do not want to have to think when Google can just have the solution in just a few seconds.

1 comment:

  1. >> now Google tries to "guess" what you are about to search, then it lists thousands of web links that pertain to what you have typed in.<<

    Ugh...Google "instant"...I LOATHE this function.

    Many of you seem to attribute our "changing minds" to laziness rather than Google - but does Google play a role? Is it even partially their fault?

    ReplyDelete