Today technology has made tremendous progress over the years, making incredible feats in history. From starting out as a computer to being in our pockets, millions of people enjoy the power of the internet at their disposal. The internet is now easily accessible on our phones or laptops, we can just pull it out of our pockets and search the internet for anything we desire. But with power like this, it also comes with consequences. For a while it has been an been a controversial topic, many believe that the internet is corrupt while the other half say the internet is still reliable. There is no right or wrong side in the matter; however, that doesn’t signify that people are choosing sides. From my experiences with technology, technology shouldn’t be so heavily relied upon anymore in everyday life. Countless people will consider today’s technology to be a gift, the power to search and do anything on the internet within seconds making life easier for many. However, that isn’t always the case for others. Millions of people use the internet at their own disposal. With a tap of your finger, an infinite amount of information on multiple websites is at your at your disposal. This kind of power is reliable for multiple people who use the internet as a source of information. When you don’t know the definition of a word you simply type that word and you automatically acquire its meaning. Nevertheless, with power like this, of course, comes with downsides. Numerous of men and women
The Internet is today’s encyclopedia. Information about any topic may be discovered with a quick type of a few keywords in a search bar and a click of the search button. The Internet often receives the world’s breaking news at the same time, or even before, as the major news networks. It has become the source that informs people about the current news; someone could find a billion articles about the breaking news within a few seconds. It also provides the user with convenience. For example, one may go directly to their desired article at any time instead of waiting for the scheduled news time and having to listen to all of the reports before hearing the one they wanted. The Internet is not only used to discover the recent news, it can also be used for research regarding history. The Internet may prove as a very valuable asset while writing a research paper on a specified topic on which you do not possess much knowledge. For example, the Internet would be advantageous to a student writing a research paper about black history and the civil right movement if the pupil had never heard of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Internet is not only used for productive reasons; it may also be used for recreational purposes. For example, one may go to YouTube and watch silly videos just for fun. Someone having such easy access to information is not always a good thing. In today’s time, people are careless about what they post on the Internet. Some people release their personal information like their full name, address, contact number, birthday, and social security number. Some may find disclosing this information harmless; however, the owner of this information may suffer dire consequences it enters the wrong hands. The exposure of this information puts the person at risk for identity theft. For example, someone’s credit may be ruined of the wrong person gets their person information. The Internet
As Carr continues, he speaks of his extended use of the internet over the last decade, explaining that all information that he once painstakingly searched for is done in minutes with the use of search engines. In doing this, Carr places blame on the internet for breaking his ability to concentrate. Carr presents his arguments in a way that his readers could easily agree. He gradually works up to the idea that the internet has weakened his ability to focus, and as he does this he makes several general statements about the internet’s nature. These points on the net’s nature are so basic that any reader of his article would be inclined to agree with them, and this lends itself to help readers believe the argument Carr wishes to propose. Because it would be hard to provide factual evidence to support his claims, Carr effectively uses logical reasoning to convince the reader.
Technology has made tremendous progress over the years, making incredible feats in history. From starting out as a computer to being in our pockets, millions of people have the power of the internet at their disposal. The internet is now easily accessible on our phones or laptops, we can just pull it out of our pockets and search the internet for anything we want. But with power like this, it also comes with consequences. It has been a topic for a while now, many believe that the internet is corrupt while the other half say the internet is still reliable. There is no right or wrong side in the matter; however, that doesn’t mean people still are choosing sides. From my experiences with technology, technology shouldn’t be so heavily relied upon anymore.
21st century man has pondered in thought on a very important question that unconsciously affects their lives at every moment: Is the Internet our master, or a simple tool that we control? To the optimist, this very question is a complete joke. In their eyes, how can such a sweet, innocent tool of exploring specific evidence, paying one’s bill, and social networking become our master when we, as humans, created its very existence? To the skeptics, this question HAS to be answered. To them, it’s essential that we as a collective unit decide if the internet is controlling us so we can abandon it and have our mental capacities cleared up from
The internet makes everybody an “expert.” Before the invention of the internet, people who are professional on the field can only write a book and give an advice to the people who is seeking information and advice. But in today’s context along with the internet, anyone can write and share on any fields and subjects. Either it is in fields of medical, financial, education, beauty whether they have a degree or certification of doctor, engineer, dermatologist, beauty expert, financial expert or not. Therefore, information and data available on the internet has become unreliable and inaccurate as compare to the information and data available before the invention of the internet. Everything that people have search on the internet is completely traceable to the person it belongs to, which compromises personal information. This
Internet: Lack of Credibility, bad news, has become a big problem for privacy and often used for criminal acts.
Nowadays, if a young adult hears about a new terminology, instead of going to a library and looking it up in an encyclopedia like what his or her parents would do when they were young, he or she will pull out his or her smartphone and “google” it. Thanks to Google and all other commercial Internet companies, we are closer to all kinds of information, both useful and useless knowledge, than any other time in human history. In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, more than acknowledging the great opportunities which the Internet has brought, Carr brings up his own concern that “the Net is chipping away [his] capacity for concentration and contemplation.” (589) He points out the Net is “tinkering
Some ten to fifteen years ago, people were already experiencing the feeling that the internet may be influencing us in an unhealthy manner. As we have continued on with our progression of technology, it seems that we have become more and more dependent on our newly developed electronics. This is exactly the argument made by Nicholas Carr in his article—which became the cover story of the Atlantic Monthly’s Ideas issue back in 2008—entitled “Is Google Making Us Stupid.” In this article, Carr explains what he has observed of our modern evolution of technology. His main point being that the internet has simply become too easily accessible. What may have taken days to research can now be accomplished in a couple hours at the most. This is dangerous as it develops
Technology has advanced society medically, educationally, and socially; however, its overuse has caused users to become overly dependant. In particular, the internet provides an exponential amount of articles, tutorials, videos, and question and answer blogs which have made cheating and finding “the easy way out” readily available to users. The internet's main purpose is to research unkown facts, provide down-time entertainment, and update users on most recent news, however, workers use it to their advantage when confused about their job or when they lack interest in a task. The internet has lead to a downfall in the workforce by robbing employees of their independence by providing them with basic information, doing their job, and causing
Nowadays, if a young adult hears a new terminology, instead of going to a library and looking it up in an encyclopedia as what his or her parents would have done, he or she will pull out his or her smartphone and “google” it. Thanks to Google and all other commercial Internet companies, we are closer to all kinds of information, both useful and useless, than any other time in human history. In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, he admits how the immediate access to the rich store of online information benefits him largely as a writer (Carr, 589). While enjoying this positive influence of the Net, however, he brings up a side effect of the Internet which is hardly ever mentioned:
Internet is a global system of interconnected computer systems. The internet, as we see today, allows low-cost anonymous communication. The advance in technology has led to faster communications. For example the change of dependency from postal service to much faster e-mails, online banking, social networking etc. Everything is now at our fingertips. We can now sit at the comfort of our homes and do certain tasks which were earlier time consuming. Today business has easier global access due to Internet. It is cost-effective and almost all the functions can be automated to make it easier and faster. Even communication has become cheaper and faster. But as Dr.Leonard Kleinrock stated, these benefits are a perfect combination to do bad things
The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the internet protocol suite to link billions of devices worldwide. Many people today have access to the internet and therefor a vast collection of knowledge just a few clicks away. The Roman philosopher Seneca worried about information overload nearly 2,000 years "Whats the point of having countless books and libraries whose titles the owner could scarcely read through in a whole lifetime?" he wondered. In Too Big to Know, a book on our current age of unlimited data, author David Weinberger observes that those long-ago Cassandras now seem like whiners, “drowning facedown in puddles of information.” Today almost everyone has access to the internet in some way, shape or form. Be it the library or a friends house people have nearly limitless tomes of knowledge at their fingertips, but many people don 't have the luxuries of the internet. War ravaged countries and those in poverty do not have the privilege of the internet. People
The Internet has had a tremendous impact on organizations. For some organizations, that influence has not been positive. For example, surveys suggest that as a growing number of people make their own travel plans online, travel agents are seeing fewer customers. Use the Web to research organizations that have been affected negatively by the Internet. What effect has the Internet had? How can the organizations compete with the Internet? Do you feel that computers might replace humans entirely in the workforce? Why or Why not? Write a brief report.
The internet is a great tool and it has been proven to benefit many people that decides to use it’s features. The advancements that has been done to our technology is some that many people, at some point in time, could only dream about and now look how far it has gone. People can find the answer to almost anything they want by just simply searching it up online. Although the internet is used by almost everybody, it doesn’t always mean that it benefits all of it’s users. The internet is something that has grown in popularity since it was first introduced in 1982. Every day there is a average of about 9 billion internet searches a day. As the advancements in our technology reach new heights,people are now spending more time online. These
Education - Use of the Internet has become a part of life of every student and a mean to search for the information as and when it is needed. These days, use of mobile phones for internet purposes has become a routine and number of mobile consumer accessing the Internet is surpassing fixed line internet users (M. Kumar, 2011). Learning is a process and it is part of our daily lives. Modern technology has made it simple for students to learn from anywhere through online education and mobile education. Also, students now use modern technology in classrooms to learn better. For example, students use iPads to share visual lessons and examples with peers in the classroom. This has made learning more convenient and fun. Also new modern