What Are The Affects On You?

The article “ Is Google Making Us Stupid? “ by Nicholas Carr I made a lot of connections. On page two Carr states how he always got distracted, right then and there I completely understood how he felt because I have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder) and that makes me get so distracted or I just shut down and end up failing what ever I’m doing. I also usually do not use the internet for research and looking up information. I use the internet for playing games or looking up pictures of bands I like or just to listen to my favorite music. Although when ever I do look up information on the internet, I find it really hard to concentrate because the computer screen is bright and gives me a headache that and the information isn’t always clear and I much rather use a textbook. The internet has also made me stop reading books and what is rally bad is that student who have a class book project don’t even have to read the book! All they have to do is get on the internet and look up the book and they can find what the whole book is about or just the few questions bout the book their teacher is giving them when the students should just have to read the book word by word till the end so they get some learning from it and not just cheat. Carr also states how the internet has made our minds work to the point where our attention span cant stay focused on anything more then a few paragraphs. With me its more like two paragraphs. People think that reading online is a lot easier then reading in a book or textbook. But I strongly disagree because a textbook or book does not have any flashing annoying icons blabbing about how you can lose weight or other random things etc. and distract you from the text you are trying to read. Another thing pointed out was the Chinese language. I am taking Chinese 1 and it is true that Chinese does not have a alphabet which in tern makes it very hard to remember. Internet is making peoples reading skills drop lower by the years because people spend to much time on instant messaging and or spending hours on their cellular devices. So if you are going to take another language different from your own then make sure you know yours good enough before you decide to learn more. Now to typing, typing has had a effect on people to. It makes them lazy and not want to spend the time it takes to write a page or essay by hand so instead they type it in a matter of minutes. The affect typing has had on me is very sad because when I type my language skills are not as good as my writing skills. If I’m typing I sound like a robot with no humor or feelings, yet if im writing on paper I use the most amazing words that you would never thought I would even use. So when I read this article “ Is Google Making Us Stupid? ' I in fact believe it does. What has internet and new technologies done in your life?