Tag Archives: Nicholas Carr

Chapter 8 & 9- Are you a Google-ian?

In this week’s reading of chapter eight and nine of Nicholas Carr’s book, “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” he interestingly discuss about intelligence and the foundation of Google. I found the foundation of Google and … Continue reading

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Digital Readers

I don’t understand why the people listed in Nicholas Carrs The Shallows are making such a huge deal about the Kindle in chapter 6. It’s a good investment and it wont take away from reading. As Carr writes, “You can … Continue reading

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Memory

This week’s blog I chose to do it on Nicholas Carr chapter 9 of the book What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains The Shallows. As I was reading this chapter, there were many things that I had agreed … Continue reading

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Reading Log. Chapter 8.

The internet has really impacted our lives and is our way of making things much easier for us. Using the internet has made the times where technology was never invented, difficult. We no longer use our primary sources to do … Continue reading

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Free Choice

Today the internet can be accessed from nearly anywhere. Technology and production costs have been rapidly advancing for the past few years and we find ourselves at a unique point in history. For the first time ever, we have a … Continue reading

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Chapter 4 & 5 Reading Blog

The book that Nicholas Carr wrote, “The Shallows:What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains“, has enlightened me about how much the internet and the advancement in technology have impacted our society and culture. Nicholas Carr made me realize how … Continue reading

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taken for granted

Nicholas Carr has basically put on paper everything that happens when we are reading a page or even trying to read a book. From the moment I open this book I though to my self there is no way I … Continue reading

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Two Shifts

What I found interesting was the shifts Carr spoke about. The first shift he spoke about happened around 750 BC, with the development of the Greek alphabet. Being able to write down ideas and stories changed the way we thought … Continue reading

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The Internet

While reading Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows, I am realizing that he is right in a lot of what he says. At this moment, I have my Facebook page open and I am going back and forth between tabs. He is … Continue reading

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Books

For this week’s assigned reading, I would like to focus on Chapter 4 of What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. When I first began reading the chapter, I was confused yet interested in … Continue reading

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