He gives many examples to demonstrate his argument, and even the instance of Nietzsche. The main issue of this resource which Carr points out is, the overreliance of machines will strangle the human intelligence.
"Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The Atlantic. By using the instance of reliance of clock, Carr demonstrates that the usage of technology will destroy our physical abilities of living.Ĭarr, Nicholas. On the one hand, Carr acknowledges that Internet gives much convenience and helps people to save much time conversely, at the same time, Carr argues that the Internet also offers information which distracts people a lot-for example, he could not read a book contains many pages anymore. For this problem, Nicholas Carr puts forward that such progress of human society changes the way that people think to a certain extent. The negative effects come along with the development of technology and Internet seems a controversial topic in this era. My own view is keeping the benefits that the progress gives us while reducing the effects which come along with. Others even maintain while people are using the Internet as the facility to connect with the whole world, Internet workers should improve the “moralities” of Internet Arithmetic.
On the other hand, Thompson contends that the combination of human brains and silicon storages could make life better. On the one hand, Carr argues that it changes the way people think in various ways, and people become more and more dependent on the Internet so that they lose the abilities to live by their own intelligence. In discussion of the recent development of technology, one controversial issue has been how search engines affect the way we think.